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SCA: security update for pyftpdlib (GHSA-8xgx-75qw-6268)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 412932

Description

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

 - The ftp_PORT function in FTPServer.py in pyftpdlib before 0.2.0 does not prevent TCP connections to
 privileged ports if the destination IP address matches the source IP address of the connection from the
 FTP client, which might allow remote authenticated users to conduct FTP bounce attacks via crafted FTP
 data, as demonstrated by an FTP bounce attack against a NAT server, a related issue to CVE-1999-0017.
 (CVE-2007-6741)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8xgx-75qw-6268

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 412932

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: 2.8

Percentile: 22.22

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2007-6741

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Threat Score: 1.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/1/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/18/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-6741

BID: 44322

cwe: CWE-269