Upstream information

CVE-2003-0831 at MITRE

Description

ProFTPD 1.2.7 through 1.2.9rc2 does not properly translate newline characters when transferring files in ASCII mode, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a buffer overflow using certain files.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 9
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
No SUSE Bugzilla entries cross referenced.

SUSE Security Advisories:

Status of this issue by product and package

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Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
openSUSE Leap 15.6 proftpd Analysis

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 00:28:33 2013
CVE page last modified: Thu Dec 11 14:41:06 2025