CVE-2019-20176
No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 91st percentile. A vendor fix is available.
What to do
The vendor has published a fix. Version details are below where the sources state them.
What it is
From the CVE record
In Pure-FTPd 1.0.49, a stack exhaustion issue was discovered in the listdir function in ls.c.
In plain language
No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.
Exploitation
Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.
- CISA KEV
Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.
- Public exploits
No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.
- EPSS
4.4% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 91st percentile of scored CVEs.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.
Lifecycle
8 events over 2368 days, from the signal feeds we watch.
- OpenVAS check added
- EPSS band changemoderate → low
- Nuclei check added
- Patch availablerecord updated
- Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped
Affected products
Technical detail
CVSS 3.1 vector
Open in the CVSS calculatorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Scored 7.5 by NVD.
How it is reached
- Attack Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network without any special conditions
- Attack Complexity LowNo special conditions — the attack can be reliably reproduced
- Privileges Required NoneNo authentication required — anyone can exploit this
- User Interaction NoneNo user interaction needed — fully automated exploitation
Scope
- Scope UnchangedImpact is limited to the vulnerable component itself
Impact if exploited
- Confidentiality NoneNo confidentiality impact
- Integrity NoneNo integrity impact
- Availability HighTotal denial of service — the component is completely unavailable
Weaknesses
ATT&CK techniques
Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.
Sources
References in the record
- github.com/jedisct1/pure-ftpd/commit/aea56f4bcb9948d456f3fae4d044fd3fa2e19706
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PICL3U2J4EPGBLOE555Y5RAZTQL3WBBV/
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AHZG5FPCRMCB6Z3L7FPICC6BZ5ZATFTO/
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