CVE-2006-6563

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions ProFTPD versions prior to 1.3.1rc1

Description The issue is a stack-based buffer overflow in the pr ctrls recv request function, located in the ctrls.c file of the mod ctrls module. This allows local users to execute arbitrary code by providing a large reqarglen length value.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.3.1rc1, update to version 1.3.1rc1 or later to resolve the issue.