older vsftpd authentication memory leak
Published Jul 9, 2008
7.1
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.72%
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.
Affected products
No data.
Running on/with
- 3.0
- 4.0
- 0.0.1
- 0.0.2
- 0.0.3
- 0.0.4
- 0.0.5
- 0.0.6
- 0.0.7
- 0.0.8
- 0.0.9
- 0.0.10
- 0.0.11
- 0.0.12
- 0.0.13
- 0.0.14
- 0.0.15
- 0.9.0
- 0.9.1
- 0.9.2
- 0.9.3
- 1.1.0
- 1.1.1
- 1.1.2
- 1.1.3
- 1.2.0
- 1.2.1
- 1.2.2
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.4
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
vsftpd-0:1.2.1-3E.16
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0579
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
vsftpd-0:2.0.1-6.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0680
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | vsftpd-0:1.2.1-3E.16 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0579 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | vsftpd-0:2.0.1-6.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0680 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.72% (0.03717) | 89.43th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.72% (0.03717) | 88.32th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 3.72% (0.03723) | 86.88th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.80% (0.04801) | 82.09th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 3.72% (0.03723) | 87.19th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 8.82% (0.08816) | 94.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 15, 2024 | 9.28% (0.09283) | 94.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 5, 2023 | 8.65% (0.08651) | 93.82th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 8.07% (0.08071) | 93.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.08th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 82.44th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 84.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 67.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (19)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31007 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31223 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32263 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-398.htm x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0217 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/30/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0579.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0680.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494081/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30364 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020546 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2820 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2375 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=201051 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=453376 Issue Tracking
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2640 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2375
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10138 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2375
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