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CVE-2017-12170

Published: Sep 21, 2017Updated: May 13, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUNVD-CWE-noinfo
9.8CRITICAL
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.5%
Top 28.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

Downstream version 1.0.46-1 of pure-ftpd as shipped in Fedora was vulnerable to packaging error due to which the original configuration was ignored after update and service started running with default configuration. This has security implications because of overriding security-related configuration. This issue doesn't affect upstream version of pure-ftpd.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

pureftpd
oss-projectaka pure-ftpd
pure-ftpdOn-prem
Communications / email-server-client
fedoraproject
oss-project·USaka fedora project
fedoraOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat, Inc.
commercial·USaka keycloak, redhat, ceph, 389-ds-base
pure-ftpdOn-prem
Networking Infrastructure / dns-dhcp-ntp
Fedora Project
oss-project·USaka fedora
FedoraOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Frank Denis
Pure-FTPdOn-prem
Networking Infrastructure / network-management

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1493114
bugzilla.redhat.com
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