A flaw was found in vsftpd. This vulnerability allows a denial of service (DoS) via an integer overflow in the ls command parameter parsing, triggered by a remote, authenticated attacker sending a crafted STAT command with a specific byte sequence.

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2026-0608 advisory.

    - Fix CVE-2025-14242

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 10 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2026-0606 advisory.

    - Fix CVE-2025-14242

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2026-0605 advisory.

    - Fix CVE-2025-14242

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2026:0608 advisory.

    * vsftpd: vsftpd: Denial of service via integer overflow in ls command parameter parsing (CVE-2025-14242)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 10 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2026:0606 advisory.

    The vsftpd packages include a Very Secure File Transfer Protocol (FTP) daemon, which is used to serve     files over a network.

    Security Fix(es):

    * vsftpd: vsftpd: Denial of service via integer overflow in ls command parameter parsing (CVE-2025-14242)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2026:0608 advisory.

    The vsftpd packages include a Very Secure File Transfer Protocol (FTP) daemon, which is used to serve     files over a network.

    Security Fix(es):

    * vsftpd: vsftpd: Denial of service via integer overflow in ls command parameter parsing (CVE-2025-14242)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2026:0605 advisory.

    The vsftpd packages include a Very Secure File Transfer Protocol (FTP) daemon, which is used to serve     files over a network.

    Security Fix(es):

    * vsftpd: vsftpd: Denial of service via integer overflow in ls command parameter parsing (CVE-2025-14242)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
287965	Oracle Linux 8 : vsftpd (ELSA-2026-0608)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
286288	Oracle Linux 10 : vsftpd (ELSA-2026-0606)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
286286	Oracle Linux 9 : vsftpd (ELSA-2026-0605)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
284831	RockyLinux 8 : vsftpd (RLSA-2026:0608)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	medium
284628	RHEL 10 : vsftpd (RHSA-2026:0606)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
284509	RHEL 8 : vsftpd (RHSA-2026:0608)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
284508	RHEL 9 : vsftpd (RHSA-2026:0605)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium

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