CVE-2004-0042

published 2004-02-03

CVE-2004-0042: vsftpd 1.1.3 generates different error messages depending on whether or not a valid username exists, which allows remote attackers to identify valid usernames.

Priority P4 16 medium 5 CVSS 2.0

AV N AC L Au N C P I N A N

vsftpd 1.1.3 generates different error messages depending on whether or not a valid username exists, which allows remote attackers to identify valid usernames.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
beasts	vsftpd	—	—
debian	vsftpd	< vsftpd 2.0.1-1 (bookworm)	vsftpd 2.0.1-1 (bookworm)
vsftpd_project	vsftpd	>= 0 < 2.0.1-1	2.0.1-1
vsftpd_project	vsftpd	>= 0 < 2.0.1-1	2.0.1-1
vsftpd_project	vsftpd	>= 0 < 2.0.1-1	2.0.1-1
vsftpd_project	vsftpd	>= 0 < 2.0.1-1	2.0.1-1

CVSS provenance

nvd v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

osv 5.0 MEDIUM

vendor_debian 5.0 MEDIUM

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