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USN-7297-1 Not scored

ProFTPD vulnerabilities

Fabian Bäumer, Marcus Brinkmann, and Jörg Schwenk discovered that the transport protocol implementation in ProFTPD had weak integrity checks. An attacker could use this vulnerability to bypass security features like encryption and integrity checks. (CVE-2023-48795) Martin Mirchev discovered that ProFTPD did not properly validate user input over the network. An attacker could use this vulnerability to crash ProFTPD or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-51713) Brian Ristuccia discovered that ProFTPD incorrectly inherited groups from the parent process. An attacker could use this vulnerability to elevate privileges. (CVE-2024-48651)

Exploit probability Not scored
Published February 25, 2025
Required by Not available
Last source change April 27, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS proftpd-dfsg

3 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS proftpd-dfsg

2 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS proftpd-dfsg

6 explicit affected versions

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities USN-7297-1

Fabian Bäumer, Marcus Brinkmann, and Jörg Schwenk discovered that the transport protocol implementation in ProFTPD had weak integrity checks. An attacker could use this vulnerability to bypass security features like encryption and integrity checks. (CVE-2023-48795) Martin Mirchev discovered that ProFTPD did not properly validate user input over the network. An attacker could use this vulnerability to crash ProFTPD or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-51713) Brian Ristuccia discovered that ProFTPD incorrectly inherited groups from the parent process. An attacker could use this vulnerability to elevate privileges. (CVE-2024-48651)

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence