CVE-2008-2375
Memory leak in a certain Red Hat deployment of vsftpd before 2.0.5 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux ...
Memory leak in a certain Red Hat deployment of vsftpd before 2.0.5 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3 and 4, when PAM is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of invalid authentication attempts within the same session, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-5962.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
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Memory leak in a certain Red Hat deployment of vsftpd before 2.0.5 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3 and 4, when PAM is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of invalid authentication attempts within the same session, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-5962.
- Record
CVE-2008-2375- CVSS 2.0
- 7.1 High
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-399
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Memory leak in a certain Red Hat deployment of vsftpd before 2.0.5 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3 and 4, when PAM is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of invalid authentication attempts within the same session, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-5962.
- Record
CVE-2008-2375- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2008-2370 No score
Memory leak in a certain Red Hat deployment of vsftpd before 2.0.5 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3 and 4, when PAM is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of invalid authentication attempts within the same session, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-5962.
- Record
EUVD-2008-2370- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8hxj-gw9h-vgfv No score
Memory leak in a certain Red Hat deployment of vsftpd before 2.0.5 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux ...
Memory leak in a certain Red Hat deployment of vsftpd before 2.0.5 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3 and 4, when PAM is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of invalid authentication attempts within the same session, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-5962.
- Record
GHSA-8hxj-gw9h-vgfv- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
vsftpdRed Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as |
before 0:1.2.1-3E.16 | 0:1.2.1-3E.16 |
vsftpd-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as |
before 0:1.2.1-3E.16 | 0:1.2.1-3E.16 |
vsftpdRed Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es |
before 0:1.2.1-3E.16 | 0:1.2.1-3E.16 |
vsftpd-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es |
before 0:1.2.1-3E.16 | 0:1.2.1-3E.16 |
vsftpdRed Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as |
before 0:2.0.1-6.el4 | 0:2.0.1-6.el4 |
vsftpd-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as |
before 0:2.0.1-6.el4 | 0:2.0.1-6.el4 |
vsftpdRed Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es |
before 0:2.0.1-6.el4 | 0:2.0.1-6.el4 |
vsftpd-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es |
before 0:2.0.1-6.el4 | 0:2.0.1-6.el4 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2008-2375 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) in Redhat Vsftpd, published July 9, 2008. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.72%, the 89th percentile. Fixed in vsftpd 0:1.2.1-3E.16.
References
vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2820
securityfocus.com/bid/30364
redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0680.html
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10138
bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=201051
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support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-398.htm
secunia.com/advisories/31223
wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0217
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2640
securitytracker.com/id?1020546
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/30/2
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2375
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0579
github.com/advisories/GHSA-8hxj-gw9h-vgfv
security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2008/rhsa-2008_0579.json
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2375