Description
Memory leak in a certain Red Hat deployment of vsftpd before 2.0.5 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3 and 4, when PAM is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of invalid authentication attempts within the same session, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-5962.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 4 | vsftpd | 2.0.1-6.el4 | RHSA-2008:0680 |
| RHEL 3 | vsftpd | 1.2.1-3E.16 | RHSA-2008:0579 |
Advisories 2
- RHSA-2008:0680 Red Hat Security Advisory: vsftpd security and bug fix update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 26, 2026
- RHSA-2008:0579 Red Hat Security Advisory: vsftpd security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 26, 2026
References
- ADV-2008-2820 vdb-entry
- 30364 vdb-entry
- RHSA-2008:0680 vendor-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10138 vdb-entry signature
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=201051
- RHSA-2008:0579 vendor-advisory
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-398.htm
- 31223 third-party-advisory
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0217
- 31007 third-party-advisory
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2640
- 1020546 vdb-entry
- 32263 third-party-advisory
- 20080708 rPSA-2008-0217-1 vsftpd mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20080630 CVE-2008-2375 older vsftpd authentication memory leak mailing-list