Memory leak in a certain Red Hat patch, applied to vsftpd 2.0.5 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and Fedora 6 through 8, and on Foresight Linux and rPath appliances, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of CWD commands, as demonstrated by an attack on a daemon with the deny_file configuration option.
CVE-2007-5962 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 4 products from redhat, from redhat, from foresight_linux and 1 other, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.
Originally identified in 2008, this vulnerability predates many modern security frameworks and practices. The vulnerability landscape of that era was characterized by different threat models and less mature defense mechanisms compared to contemporary standards.
2008-05-22T13:09:00.000
2026-06-16T22:47:08.227
Modified
CVSSv2: 7.1 (HIGH)
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
8.6
6.9
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | redhat | enterprise_linux | 5.0 | Yes |
| Operating System | redhat | fedora | 6 | Yes |
| Operating System | redhat | fedora | 7 | Yes |
| Operating System | redhat | fedora | 8 | Yes |
| Hardware | foresight_linux | appliances | * | Yes |
| Hardware | rpath | appliance_platform_agent | * | Yes |
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