CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2006-6767

Reachable Assertion

Published: Jan 16, 2007 | Modified: Feb 10, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
9.4 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

oftpd before 0.3.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon abort) via a (1) LPRT or (2) LPASV command with an unsupported address family, which triggers an assertion failure.

Weakness

The product contains an assert() or similar statement that can be triggered by an attacker, which leads to an application exit or other behavior that is more severe than necessary.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Oftpd Time-travellers * *

Extended Description

While assertion is good for catching logic errors and reducing the chances of reaching more serious vulnerability conditions, it can still lead to a denial of service. For example, if a server handles multiple simultaneous connections, and an assert() occurs in one single connection that causes all other connections to be dropped, this is a reachable assertion that leads to a denial of service.

Potential Mitigations

References