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CVE-2001-0456

HIGH CVSS: 7.5 Published: 2001-06-27 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

postinst installation script for Proftpd in Debian 2.2 does not properly change the "run as uid/gid root" configuration when the user enables anonymous access, which causes the server to run at a higher privilege than intended.

Affected Platforms

Debian Debian Linux

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References