# CVE-2019-18217: ProFTPD before 1.3.6b and 1.3.7rc before 1.3.7rc2 allows remote unauthenticated denial-of-service due to incorrect handling of overly long c

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template
- Published: 2019-10-21 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

ProFTPD before 1.3.6b and 1.3.7rc before 1.3.7rc2 allows remote unauthenticated denial-of-service due to incorrect handling of overly long commands because main.c in a child process enters an infinite loop.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/issues/846
- https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/master/RELEASE_NOTES
- https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/1.3.6/RELEASE_NOTES
- https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/master/NEWS
- https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/1.3.6/NEWS
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00036.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NJDQRVZTILBX4BUCTIRKP2WBHDHDCJR5/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YLRPYEEMQJVAXO2SXRGOQ4HBFEEPCNXG/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RB2FPAWDWXT5ALAFIC5Y3RSEMXSFL6H2/
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/7
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4559
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00009.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-940889.pdf
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-35
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/network/cves/2019/CVE-2019-18217.yaml

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