Bug 2255609 (CVE-2023-51713) - CVE-2023-51713 proftpd: out-of-bounds buffer read when handling FTP commands
Summary: CVE-2023-51713 proftpd: out-of-bounds buffer read when handling FTP commands
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2023-51713
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Product Security
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Depends On: 2255610 2255611
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2023-12-22 11:27 UTC by TEJ RATHI
Modified: 2023-12-22 11:31 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: proftpd 1.3.9rc1, proftpd 1.3.8a
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Description TEJ RATHI 2023-12-22 11:27:08 UTC 
make_ftp_cmd in main.c in ProFTPD before 1.3.8a has a one-byte out-of-bounds read, and daemon crash, because of mishandling of quote/backslash semantics.

https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/1.3.8/NEWS
https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/issues/1683
https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/issues/1683#issuecomment-1712887554
https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/commit/1376d8ccc0966d1ce9a1c76b32c6a9ca61bbe67f 
https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/commit/97bbe68363ccf2de0c07f67170ec64a8b4d62592
Comment 1 TEJ RATHI 2023-12-22 11:27:43 UTC 
Created proftpd tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 2255610]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 2255611]
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