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CVE-2021-40491
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2021-09-03T02:15:06.403 · Last modified 2026-06-17T04:07:02.040

Summary

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 products

gnu — inetutils

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References

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