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CVE-2008-2375

Memory leak in a certain Red Hat deployment of vsftpd before 2.0.5 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3 and 4, when PAM is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of invalid authentication attempts within the same session, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-5962.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2008-2375 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 2 products from redhat, from redhat organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

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.

Published

2008-07-09T00:41:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.1 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-399
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux	3.0	No
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux	4.0	No
Application	redhat	vsftpd	0.0.1	Yes
Application	redhat	vsftpd	0.0.2	Yes
Application	redhat	vsftpd	0.0.3	Yes
Application	redhat	vsftpd	0.0.4	Yes
Application	redhat	vsftpd	0.0.5	Yes
Application	redhat	vsftpd	0.0.6	Yes
Application	redhat	vsftpd	0.0.7	Yes
Application	redhat	vsftpd	0.0.8	Yes
Application	redhat	vsftpd	0.0.9	Yes
Application	redhat	vsftpd	0.0.10	Yes
Application	redhat	vsftpd	0.0.11	Yes
Application	redhat	vsftpd	0.0.12	Yes
Application	redhat	vsftpd	0.0.13	Yes
Application	redhat	vsftpd	0.0.14	Yes
Application	redhat	vsftpd	0.0.15	Yes
Application	redhat	vsftpd	0.9.0	Yes
Application	redhat	vsftpd	0.9.1	Yes
Application	redhat	vsftpd	0.9.2	Yes
Application	redhat	vsftpd	0.9.3	Yes
Application	redhat	vsftpd	1.1.0	Yes
Application	redhat	vsftpd	1.1.1	Yes
Application	redhat	vsftpd	1.1.2	Yes
Application	redhat	vsftpd	1.1.3	Yes
Application	redhat	vsftpd	1.2.0	Yes
Application	redhat	vsftpd	1.2.1	Yes
Application	redhat	vsftpd	1.2.2	Yes
Application	redhat	vsftpd	2.0.0	Yes
Application	redhat	vsftpd	2.0.1	Yes
Application	redhat	vsftpd	2.0.2	Yes
Application	redhat	vsftpd	2.0.3	Yes
Application	redhat	vsftpd	2.0.4	Yes

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/31007 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/31223 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/32263 ([email protected])
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-398.htm ([email protected])
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0217 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/30/2 ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0579.html ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0680.html ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494081/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30364 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020546 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2820 ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=201051 Exploit ([email protected])
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2640 ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10138 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/31007 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31223 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32263 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-398.htm (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0217 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/30/2 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0579.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0680.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494081/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30364 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020546 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2820 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=201051 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2640 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10138 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For redhat's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.