CVE-2024-57392

Summary

CVE-2024-57392 is a newly identified buffer overflow vulnerability in Proftpd, as indicated in commit 4017eff8. An attacker can exploit this issue by sending a specially crafted message to the ProFTPD service port. Consequences of successful exploitation include executing arbitrary code and causing a Denial of Service (DoS) on the targeted FTP service. This vulnerability poses a significant risk to systems running the affected version of Proftpd. It is strongly advised that users update their software to mitigate this threat.

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