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Vulnerability record · CVE-2006-5789 · published 7 November 2006

CVE-2006-5789: Jgaa warftpd vulnerability

Jgaa · Warftpd

War FTP Daemon (WarFTPd) 1.82.00-RC11 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service via a large number of "%s" format strings in (1) CWD, (2) CDUP, (3) DELE, (4) NLST, (5) LIST, (6) SIZE, and possibly other commands. NOTE: it is possible that vector 1 is an off-by-one variant or incomplete fix of CVE-2005-0312.

4.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 2.9% · top 13.5% CWE-399 · CWE-399
4.0CVSS 2.0 base score
2.9%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
14References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

War FTP Daemon (WarFTPd) 1.82.00-RC11 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service via a large number of "%s" format strings in (1) CWD, (2) CDUP, (3) DELE, (4) NLST, (5) LIST, (6) SIZE, and possibly other commands. NOTE: it is possible that vector 1 is an off-by-one variant or incomplete fix of CVE-2005-0312.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://secunia.com/advisories/22755 Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1832
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017174
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450804/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20944 Exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4398 Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30077
http://secunia.com/advisories/22755 Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1832
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017174
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450804/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20944 Exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4398 Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30077

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2006-5789), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.