UBUNTU-CVE-2020-9273
- Source
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-9273
- Import Source
- https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-9273.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-9273
- Upstream
- Published
- 2020-02-20T16:15:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-07-18T16:45:46Z
- Severity
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- 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Ubuntu - medium
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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In ProFTPD 1.3.7, it is possible to corrupt the memory pool by interrupting the data transfer channel. This triggers a use-after-free in alloc_pool in pool.c, and possible remote code execution.
- References
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- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-9273
- https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/issues/903
- https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/commit/d388f7904d4c9a6d0ea54237b8b54a57c19d8d49
- https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/commit/e845abc1bd86eebec7a0342fded908a1b0f1996b
- https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/master/RELEASE_NOTES
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-9273
Affected packages
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / proftpd-dfsg
Package
- Name
- proftpd-dfsg
- Purl
- pkg:deb/ubuntu/proftpd-dfsg@1.3.5a-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial