CVE catalog
CVE-2003-0466
wu-ftpd - remote root exploit
- Severity
- Unknown
- Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 78.11% · Oct 25, 2026
Off-by-one error in the fb_realpath() function, as derived from the realpath function in BSD, may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated in wu-ftpd 2.5.0 through 2.6.2 via commands that cause pathnames of length MAXPATHLEN+1 to trigger a buffer overflow, including (1) STOR, (2) RETR, (3) APPE, (4) DELE, (5) MKD, (6) RMD, (7) STOU, or (8) RNTO. security flaw
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | wu-ftpd | 3.0 | 2.6.2-3woody1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | wu-ftpd | deb | 3.0 | 2.6.2-3woody1 | Not reported | DSA-357 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
No matching packages in this catalog.
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