CVE-2007-5962
vsftpd <2.0.5 - DoS
Title source: llmDescription
Memory leak in a certain Red Hat patch, applied to vsftpd 2.0.5 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and Fedora 6 through 8, and on Foresight Linux and rPath appliances, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of CWD commands, as demonstrated by an attack on a daemon with the deny_file configuration option.
Exploits (4)
exploitdb
WORKING POC
VERIFIED
by Praveen Darshanam · perldoslinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5814
exploitdb
WORKING POC
VERIFIED
by Praveen Darshanam · perldoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31819
exploitdb
WORKING POC
VERIFIED
by Martin Nagy · bashdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31818
References (18)
Scores
EPSS
0.1715
EPSS Percentile
95.0%
Details
CWE
CWE-399
Status
published
Products (6)
foresight_linux/appliances
redhat/enterprise_linux
5.0
redhat/fedora
6
redhat/fedora
7
redhat/fedora
8
rpath/appliance_platform_agent
Published
May 22, 2008
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026