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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2005-2239 EUVD-2005-2240GHSA-3c67-g3rm-28pr

oftpd 0.3.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a USER command with a large number of null (\0) characters.

Published Jul 12, 2005 · Updated Sep 16, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

oftpd 0.3.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a USER command with a large number of null (\0) characters.

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

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Exploit-DB 1

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