CVE-2021-40491
MEDIUM6.5EPSS 0.34%inetutils - security update
Published: 9/3/2021Modified: 4/28/2026
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.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/inetutilsfrom 0, < 2:2.0-1+deb11u1
- Debian/inetutilsfrom 0, < 2:1.9.4-7+deb10u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |