CVE-2020-9274
mediumpriority · track · 32EPSS 0.060 · 93 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-26
An issue was discovered in Pure-FTPd 1.0.49. An uninitialized pointer vulnerability has been detected in the diraliases linked list. When the *lookup_alias(const char alias) or print_aliases(void) function is called, they fail to correctly detect the end of the linked list and try to access a non-existent list member. This is related to init_aliases in diraliases.c.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
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affected products (9)
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- fedoraproject extra packages for enterprise linux= 7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:extra_packages_for_enterprise_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- fedoraproject extra packages for enterprise linux= 8.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:extra_packages_for_enterprise_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (30)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://github.com/jedisct1/pure-ftpd/commit/8d0d42542e2cb7a56d645fbe4d0ef436e38bcefacnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00029.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/22P44PECZWNDP7CMBL7NRBMNFS73C5Z2/cnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/B5NSUDWXZVWUCL6R2PTX3KBB42Z62CA5/cnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U5DBVHJCXWRSJPNJQCJQCKZF6ZDPZCKA/cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9274cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156917/Gentoo-Linux-Security-Advisory-202003-54.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159213/Ubuntu-Security-Notice-USN-4515-1.htmlcnnvd
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