CVE-2001-0136 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in ProFTPd by sending a series of USER commands, leading to memory exhaustion.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2001-0136?
CVE-2001-0136 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Conectiva Linux, published on 18 Sep 2001. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Memory leak in ProFTPd 1.2.0rc2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a series of USER commands, and possibly SIZE commands if the server has been improperly installed.
Weakness: CWE-401
Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-0136?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Conectiva Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux, Proftpd Proftpd.
How do I fix CVE-2001-0136?
No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0136 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2001-0136 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2001-0136 exists.
Public exploit code: 3 Exploit-DB entries.
Other vulnerabilities in Conectiva Linux
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f684-qh6c-rp3v.