CVE-2008-2375 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via memory consumption in vsftpd when PAM is enabled, requiring an upgrade to fix.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2008-2375?
CVE-2008-2375 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Jul 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Memory leak in a certain Red Hat deployment of vsftpd before 2.0.5 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3 and 4, when PAM is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of invalid authentication attempts within the same session, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-5962.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-2375?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (8)
vsftpd Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:1.2.1-3E.16 |
vsftpd-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:1.2.1-3E.16 |
vsftpd Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:1.2.1-3E.16 |
vsftpd-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:1.2.1-3E.16 |
vsftpd Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:2.0.1-6.el4 |
vsftpd-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:2.0.1-6.el4 |
vsftpd Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:2.0.1-6.el4 |
vsftpd-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:2.0.1-6.el4 |
Products include Redhat Vsftpd.
How do I fix CVE-2008-2375?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
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-2008-2375 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-2375 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8hxj-gw9h-vgfv, RHSA-2008:0579, RHSA-2008:0680.