Public exploit available
Public proof-of-concept or exploit code exists (ExploitDB / Metasploit / Nuclei).

CVE-2019-20176

Severity
7.5HIGH
EPSS
10.8%
top 6.65%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
PoC available
Public exploit / PoC exists
Timeline
PublishedDec 31
Latest updateApr 3

Description

In Pure-FTPd 1.0.49, a stack exhaustion issue was discovered in the listdir function in ls.c.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

Debianpure-ftpd< 1.0.49-2+2
NVDpureftpd/pure-ftpd1.0.49

Also affects: Fedora 30, 31

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-fgwh-frh9-vm43: In Pure-FTPd 12022-05-24
OSV
CVE-2019-20176: In Pure-FTPd 12019-12-31
CVEList
CVE-2019-20176: In Pure-FTPd 12019-12-31

💥Exploits & PoCs

2
Exploit-DB
Microsoft Office 2019 MSO Build 1808 - NTLMv2 Hash Disclosure2025-04-03
Nuclei
Pure-FTPd < 1.0.50 - DoS via Resource Exhaustion

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2019-20176: pure-ftpd - In Pure-FTPd 1.0.49, a stack exhaustion issue was discovered in the listdir func...2019

💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-20176 pure-ftpd: stack exhaustion in function listdir in ls.c2020-01-27
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-20176 pure-ftpd: stack exhaustion in function listdir in ls.c [fedora-all]2020-01-27
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-20176 pure-ftpd: stack exhaustion in function listdir in ls.c [epel-all]2020-01-27