CVE-2006-2172 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in Gene6 FTP Server 3.1.0 allows remote authenticated attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long argument to (1) MKD or (2) XMKD, as demonstrated by the Infigo FTPStress Fuzzer.

Published: 2006-05-04

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 4.5% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gene6:g6_ftp_server:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-2173	Buffer overflow in Gene6 FTP Server 3.1.0 allows remote authenticated attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long argument to (1) MKD or (2) XMKD, as demonstrated by the Infigo FTPStress Fuzzer.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.04459.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/19965
http://www.infigo.hr/en/in_focus/tools
http://www.osvdb.org/25238
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/432839/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17810
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1658
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26237

History

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Subscriptions

Gene6 G6 Ftp Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-05-04T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T17:43:28.549Z

Reserved: 2006-05-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-2172

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-05-04T12:38:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:24:28.687

Link: CVE-2006-2172

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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