CVE-2006-6170 (GCVE-0-2006-6170)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2006-11-30 15:00
Modified
2024-08-07 20:19
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Buffer overflow in the tls_x509_name_oneline function in the mod_tls module, as used in ProFTPD 1.3.0a and earlier, and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large data length argument, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-5815.
References
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1222 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-November/050935.html mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452993/100/100/threaded mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://secunia.com/advisories/23207 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.502491 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SLACKWARE
http://secunia.com/advisories/23141 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/23174 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:217-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21326 vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452872/100/0/threaded mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=214820 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/23184 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://elegerov.blogspot.com/2006/10/do-you-remember-2-years-old-overflow.html x_refsource_MISC
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0066 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_TRUSTIX
http://secunia.com/advisories/23179 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-26.xml vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452228/100/100/threaded mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30554 vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4745 vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN
Impacted products
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