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CVE-2003-0963

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Description

Buffer overflows in (1) try_netscape_proxy and (2) try_squid_eplf for lftp 2.6.9 and earlier allow remote HTTP servers to execute arbitrary code via long directory names that are processed by the ls or rels commands.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11180

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2003-0953

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-404.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-403.html

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_051_lftp.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:116

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-406

http://secunia.com/advisories/10548

http://secunia.com/advisories/10525

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107340499504411&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107177409418121&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107167974714484&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107152267121513&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107126386226196&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2004-01-05

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.13677

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