CVE-2008-2375

N/A Unknown
Published: July 09, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

Memory leak in a certain Red Hat deployment of vsftpd before 2.0.5 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3 and 4, when PAM is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of invalid authentication attempts within the same session, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-5962.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31007
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/31223
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/32263
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-398.htm
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0217
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/30/2
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0579.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0680.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494081/100/0/threaded
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30364
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020546
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2820
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=201051
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Exploit
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2640
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10138
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/31007
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/31223
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/32263
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-398.htm
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0217
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/30/2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0579.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0680.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494081/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30364
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020546
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2820
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=201051
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2640
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10138
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-399

Affected Vendors

redhat

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