CVE-2006-6170

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    CVE-2006-6170

    Published: 30 Nov 2006Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Buffer overflow in the tls_x509_name_oneline function in the mod_tls module, as used in ProFTPD 1.3.0a and earlier, and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large data length argument, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-5815.

    References: http://elegerov.blogspot.com/2006/10/do-you-remember-2-years-old-overflow.html, http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-November/050935.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/23141, http://secunia.com/advisories/23174, http://secunia.com/advisories/23179, http://secunia.com/advisories/23184, http://secunia.com/advisories/23207, http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1222, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:217-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4745, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=214820, http://elegerov.blogspot.com/2006/10/do-you-remember-2-years-old-overflow.html, http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-November/050935.html, http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.502491, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-26.xml, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452228/100/100/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452872/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452993/100/100/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21326, http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0066, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30554

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High