CVE-1999-0891

Summary

CVE-1999-0911 is a buffer overflow vulnerability affecting ProFTPD, wu-ftpd, and beroftpd. An attacker can exploit this issue by sending a series of MKD (mkdir) and CWD (change working directory) commands to create nested directories, leading to a buffer overflow. Successful exploitation grants the attacker root access. This vulnerability poses a significant risk to FTP servers running these affected versions and requires immediate patching to mitigate the threat.

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