vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-5177-1 (CVE-2021-40491): Inetutils vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Sep 3, 2021 | Mar 22, 2023 | Aug 18, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Sep 3, 2021
Added
Mar 22, 2023
Modified
Aug 18, 2025
Description
The ftp client in GNU Inetutils before 2.2 does not validate addresses returned by PASV/LSPV responses to make sure they match the server address. This is similar to CVE-2020-8284 for curl.
Solutions
ubuntu-pro-upgrade-inetutils-ftpdubuntu-pro-upgrade-inetutils-tools
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