CVE-2008-7264: Improper input validation in pyftpdlib

May 17, 2022 (updated October 23, 2024)

The ftp_QUIT function in ftpserver.py in pyftpdlib before 0.5.0 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (file descriptor exhaustion and daemon outage) by sending a QUIT command during a disallowed data-transfer attempt.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-8p2c-fghc-9hj4
github.com/giampaolo/pyftpdlib
github.com/giampaolo/pyftpdlib/issues/71
github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pyftpdlib/PYSEC-2010-6.yaml
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-7264

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