CVE-2021-40491

MEDIUM

GNU Inetutils <2.2 - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The ftp client in GNU Inetutils before 2.2 does not validate addresses returned by PASV/LSPV responses to make sure they match the server address. This is similar to CVE-2020-8284 for curl.

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0034
EPSS Percentile 56.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-345
Status published
Products (2)
debian/debian_linux 10.0
gnu/inetutils < 2.2
Published Sep 03, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026