FKIE_CVE-2004-1602

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2004-10-15 04:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:08
Severity
Summary
ProFTPD 1.2.x, including 1.2.8 and 1.2.10, responds in a different amount of time when a given username exists, which allows remote attackers to identify valid usernames by timing the server response.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109786760926133&w=2Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://security.lss.hr/index.php?page=details&ID=LSS-2004-10-02Broken Link, Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://securitytracker.com/id?1011687Broken Link, Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11430Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17724Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109786760926133&w=2Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://security.lss.hr/index.php?page=details&ID=LSS-2004-10-02Broken Link, Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1011687Broken Link, Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11430Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17724Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
proftpd proftpd *
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T22:08:01.587",
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