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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

Published May 28, 2010

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.

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Remediation

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published May 28, 2010
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved May 13, 2010
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a