CVE-2021-40491

The ftp client in GNU Inetutils before 2.2 does not validate addresses returned by PASV/LSPV responses to make sure they match the server address. This is similar to CVE-2020-8284 for curl.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=993476	Third Party Advisory
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/inetutils.git/commit/?id=58cb043b190fd04effdaea7c9403416b436e50dd	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00033.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-inetutils/2021-06/msg00002.html	Mailing List Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:inetutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2021-09-03 02:15

Updated : 2023-02-03 19:02

NVD link : CVE-2021-40491

Mitre link : CVE-2021-40491

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-40491

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Products Affected

gnu

inetutils

debian

debian_linux

CWE

CWE-345

Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity

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