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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2010-1938 EUVD-2010-1957GHSA-grpr-f38p-j58f

Off-by-one error in the __opiereadrec function in readrec.c in libopie in OPIE 2.4.1-test1 and earlier, as used on FreeBSD 6.4 through 8.1-…

Published May 28, 2010 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

Off-by-one error in the __opiereadrec function in readrec.c in libopie in OPIE 2.4.1-test1 and earlier, as used on FreeBSD 6.4 through 8.1-PRERELEASE and other platforms, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long username, as demonstrated by a long USER command to the FreeBSD 8.0 ftpd.

Public exploits

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Exploit-DB 1

GitHub 1 repository

  • Nexxus67/cve-2010-1938 ★ 5 · Oct 5, 2024

    A simple Python script to test an off-by-one vulnerability in the OPIE library (CVE-2010-1938). This vulnerability affects certain FTP servers and may allow for Denial of Service (DoS) or arbitrary c…

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