CVE-2006-6563

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-12-15 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the pr_ctrls_recv_request function in ctrls.c in the mod_ctrls module in ProFTPD before 1.3.1rc1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a large reqarglen length value.

Affected products

ProFTPD Project Proftpd: 1.3.0, 1.3.0a

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/23371
http://secunia.com/advisories/23392
http://secunia.com/advisories/23473
http://secunia.com/advisories/24163
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200702-02.xml
http://www.coresecurity.com/?module=ContentMod&action=item&id=1594
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:232
http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.039.html
http://www.proftpd.org/docs/NEWS-1.3.1rc1
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454320/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460648/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460756/100/0/threaded

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