# CVE-2006-5000: Memory corruption in n/a

> Remote authenticated attackers can trigger buffer overflows in WS_FTP Server via specific FTP commands, potentially leading to code execution or service disruption.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Sep 2006
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4q75-5h3x-cpf4

## What is CVE-2006-5000?

CVE-2006-5000 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Sep 2006. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Multiple buffer overflows in WS_FTP Server 5.05 before Hotfix 1, and possibly other versions down to 5.0, have unknown impact and remote authenticated attack vectors via the (1) XCRC, (2) XMD5, and (3) XSHA1 commands.  NOTE: in the early publication of this identifier on 20060926, the description was used for the wrong issue.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-5000?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Ipswitch Ws Ftp Server, Progress Ws Ftp Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2006-5000?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-5000 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2006-5000 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-5000 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2019-12144](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-12144/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-12146](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-12146/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2019-12145](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-12145/): Path traversal in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2006-4974](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-4974/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2003-0772](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-0772/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2006-5000 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2006-5000 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Sep 2006. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-5000 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-5000/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-5000/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-5000
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5000
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2006-5000

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-5000/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.