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title: "CVE-2007-5300\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2007-5300

Publication date 9 October 2007

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Off-by-one error in the do\_login\_loop function in libwzd-core/wzd\_login.c
in wzdftpd 0.8.0, 0.8.2, and possibly other versions allows remote
attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long USER
command that triggers a stack-based buffer overflow. NOTE: some of these
details are obtained from third party information.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-5300?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| wzdftpd | 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 0.8.2-2ubuntu2 |
| 7.04 feisty | Fixed 0.8.1-2ubuntu0.1 |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 0.7.2-4ubuntu0.1 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 0.6.1-1ubuntu1.1 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-5300?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

appears a patch for Gutsy was commited on 2007/10/12

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| wzdftpd | * Vendor:   <http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1452> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5300)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5300)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2007-5300)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-5300)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5300>