CVE-2021-40491: The ftp client in GNU Inetutils before 2.2 does not validate addresses returned by PASV/LSPV responses to make sure they match the server address. This is…

PriorityP428medium6.5CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUIRSUCHINAN

EPSS

1.00%

59.0th percentile

The ftp client in GNU Inetutils before 2.2 does not validate addresses returned by PASV/LSPV responses to make sure they match the server address. This is similar to CVE-2020-8284 for curl.

Affected

7 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	debian_linux	—	—
debian	inetutils	< inetutils 2:2.2-1 (bookworm)	inetutils 2:2.2-1 (bookworm)
gnu	inetutils	< 2.2	2.2
gnu	inetutils	>= 0 < 2:2.0-1+deb11u1	2:2.0-1+deb11u1
gnu	inetutils	>= 0 < 2:2.2-1	2:2.2-1
gnu	inetutils	>= 0 < 2:2.2-1	2:2.2-1
gnu	inetutils	>= 0 < 2:2.2-1	2:2.2-1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.16.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

osv3.7LOW

vendor_debian3.7LOW

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