CVE-2020-9273 Information

Description

In ProFTPD 1.3.7 it is possible to corrupt the memory pool by interrupting the data transfer channel. This triggers a use-after-free in alloc_pool in pool.c and possible remote code execution.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00002.html https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/master/RELEASE_NOTES https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/issues/903 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00022.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00002.html https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VCUPRYSJR7XOM3HQ6H5M4OGDU7OHCHBF/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XHO3S5WPRRP7VGKIAHLYQVEYW5HRYIJN/ https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-35 https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4635

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.8