# CVE-2008-2375: 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 remo

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2008-07-09 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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

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

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