CVE-2003-0831

N/A Unknown

Published: November 17, 2003 Modified: April 16, 2026

Description

ProFTPD 1.2.7 through 1.2.9rc2 does not properly translate newline characters when transferring files in ASCII mode, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a buffer overflow using certain files.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-October/012072.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106441655617816&w=2

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106606885611269&w=2

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/9829

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/405348

Source: cve@mitre.org

US Government Resource

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:095

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/154

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12200

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/107/

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-October/012072.html