Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 9, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-2375
CVE-2008-2375
Description
Memory leak in a certain Red Hat deployment of vsftpd before 2.0.5 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3 and 4, when PAM is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of invalid authentication attempts within the same session, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-5962.
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Affected products
33cpe:2.3:a:redhat:vsftpd:0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 31 more
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:vsftpd:0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:vsftpd:0.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:vsftpd:0.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:vsftpd:0.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:vsftpd:0.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:vsftpd:0.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:vsftpd:0.0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:vsftpd:0.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:vsftpd:0.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:vsftpd:0.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:vsftpd:0.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:vsftpd:0.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:vsftpd:0.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:vsftpd:0.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:vsftpd:0.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:vsftpd:0.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:vsftpd:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:vsftpd:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:vsftpd:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:vsftpd:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:vsftpd:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:vsftpd:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:vsftpd:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:vsftpd:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:vsftpd:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:vsftpd:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:vsftpd:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:vsftpd:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:vsftpd:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:vsftpd:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:vsftpd:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <2.0.5
- Range: 3 and 4
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
15- bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cginvdExploit
- secunia.com/advisories/31007nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/31223nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/32263nvd
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-398.htmnvd
- wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0217nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/30/2nvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0579.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0680.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494081/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/30364nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2820nvd
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2640nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10138nvd
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