CVE

Id
2150  
CVE No.
CVE-2000-0574  
Status
Candidate  
Description
FTP servers such as OpenBSD ftpd, NetBSD ftpd, ProFTPd and Opieftpd do not properly cleanse untrusted format strings that are used in the setproctitle function (sometimes called by set_proc_title), which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary commands.  
Phase
Proposed (20000719)  
Votes
ACCEPT(3) Cole, Levy, Magdych | MODIFY(1) Frech | NOOP(2) LeBlanc, Wall | REVIEWING(1) Christey  
Comments
Christey> CD:SF-CODEBASE applies here. There are many ftpd"s that | have this setproctitle() problem, but it might be traced | back to the same codebase. See if the HP problem is the | same here as well, and if so, ADDREF HP:HPSBUX0007-117 | URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/advisory.html?id=2404 | Frech> XF:ftp-setproctitle-format-string(4908) | BID:1438 does not exist. | Christey> ADDREF HP:HPSBUX0007-117?? | http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/hp/2000-q4/0020.html | Christey> ADDREF BID:650 ?