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SCA: security update for pyftpdlib (GHSA-8gv6-x88p-3f6h)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 412669

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Memory leak in the on_dtp_close function in ftpserver.py in pyftpdlib before 0.5.2 allows remote
 authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by sending a QUIT command during a
 data transfer. (CVE-2009-5013)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8gv6-x88p-3f6h

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 412669

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-5013

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Threat Score: 2.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/2/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/27/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-5013

BID: 44298

cwe: CWE-400