CVE-1999-0368

Summary

CVE-1999-0368 is a significant cybersecurity vulnerability affecting both wuarchive ftpd (wu-ftpd) and ProFTPD. The issue stems from a buffer overflow problem. An attacker can exploit this flaw to gain remote root access to the affected system, with the vulnerability being commonly known as "palmetto." This vulnerability poses a serious risk as an unauthorized user can take complete control over the compromised server. Both ftpd variants are impacted, requiring urgent attention and patches to mitigate the risk.

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