CVE-2020-9365 Memory corruption in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

An out-of-bounds read in Pure-FTPd allows attackers to cause a denial of service or disclose sensitive memory contents.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2020-9365?

CVE-2020-9365 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 24 Feb 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered in Pure-FTPd 1.0.49. An out-of-bounds (OOB) read has been detected in the pure_strcmp function in utils.c.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-9365?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Pureftpd Pure-Ftpd.

How do I fix CVE-2020-9365?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2020-9365 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2020-9365 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-9365, GHSA-3863-h4xw-2xv3, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-9365.

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