CVE-2003-0466

Off-by-one error in the fb_realpath() function, as derived from the realpath function in BSD, may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated in wu-ftpd 2.5.0 through 2.6.2 via commands that cause pathnames of length MAXPATHLEN+1 to trigger a buffer overflow, including (1) STOR, (2) RETR, (3) APPE, (4) DELE, (5) MKD, (6) RMD, (7) STOU, or (8) RNTO.

Score: CVSS 3.1 9.8 Critical
Status: Modified - cve@mitre.org
Published: 2003-08-27
Last modified: 2024-08-08
Weaknesses: CWE-193

Affected products

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/0065.html
http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7+/Updates/errata/IMNX-2003-7+-019-01
http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0011-wu-ftpd.txt
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105967301604815&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106001410028809&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106001702232325&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106002488209129&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/9423
http://secunia.com/advisories/9446
http://secunia.com/advisories/9447
http://secunia.com/advisories/9535
http://securitytracker.com/id?1007380
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1001257.1-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-357
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/743092
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:080
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_032_wuftpd.html
http://www.osvdb.org/6602
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-245.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-246.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/424852/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425061/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8315
http://www.turbolinux.com/security/TLSA-2003-46.txt
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12785
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1970