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CVE-2007-5962· NVD / CVE Program· CNA redhat

Memory leak in a certain Red Hat patch, applied to vsftpd 2.0.5 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and Fedora 6 through 8, and on Foresigh

Memory leak in a certain Red Hat patch, applied to vsftpd 2.0.5 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and Fedora 6 through 8, and on Foresight Linux and rPath appliances, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of CWD commands, as demonstrated by an attack on a daemon with the deny_file configuration option.

HighCVSS 7.1 · v2.0—Proof of concept Fix available
Published
May 22, 2008
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
12.1% · 96th percentile
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Action score

32

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CVSS
28 / 40 · 7.1 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
4 / 30 · 12.1%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
redhatenterprise linux
redhatfedora
foresight linuxappliances
rpathappliance platform agent

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • foresight linux appliancesall versions
  • redhat enterprise linux5.0
  • redhat fedora6
  • redhat fedora7
  • redhat fedora8
  • rpath appliance platform agentall versions

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstationvsftpdbefore 0:2.0.5-12.el50:2.0.5-12.el5
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstationvsftpd-debuginfobefore 0:2.0.5-12.el50:2.0.5-12.el5

Same product

redhat: all records

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Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
red hat:vsftpd0:2.0.5-12.el5 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstationPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:vsftpd-debuginfo0:2.0.5-12.el5 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstationPackage registry (OSV)

Exploit status

Proof of concept available

A public proof of concept or detection signature exists. Exploit knowledge is out there; don't delay patching.

Evidence

  • Exploit-DB entry ×3
  • Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub ×1

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Exploit-DB entrydos2008-06-14
Exploit-DB entrydos2008-05-21
Exploit-DB entrydos2008-05-21
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:12023-05-22

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

  1. First PoC-1 d
  2. Published
  3. TodaySep 30, 2026+6705 d
EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

    If successful

    Confidentiality
    none
    Integrity
    none
    Availability
    C · the service can be disrupted
    Attack complexity
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    None
    Integrity impact
    None
    Availability impact
    C

    Weakness class (CWE)

    CWE-399 · Resource Management Errors

    CVSS vector

    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

    nvd-primary

    Attack context

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    Change log

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    References

    Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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