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CVE-2001-0456

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2001-06-27 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

postinst installation script for Proftpd in Debian 2.2 does not properly change the "run as uid/gid root" configuration when the user enables anonymous access, which causes the server to run at a higher privilege than intended.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 2.2

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-032
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6208
• http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-032
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6208

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