CVE-2000-0573

N/A Unknown

Published: July 07, 2000 Modified: April 16, 2026

Description

The lreply function in wu-ftpd 2.6.0 and earlier does not properly cleanse an untrusted format string, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the SITE EXEC command.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:29.wu-ftpd.asc.v1.1

Source: cve@mitre.org

ftp://ftp.auscert.org.au/pub/auscert/advisory/AA-2000.02

Source: cve@mitre.org

ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2000-009.txt.asc

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0244.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0017.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96171893218000&w=2

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96179429114160&w=2

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96299933720862&w=2

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-020.0.txt

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-13.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Third Party Advisory US Government Resource

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-039.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1387

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=20000623091822.3321.qmail%40fiver.freemessage.com

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4773

Source: cve@mitre.org

ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:29.wu-ftpd.asc.v1.1