CVE-2011-5033
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in CFS.c in ConfigServer Security & Firewall (CSF) before 5.43, when running on a DirectAdmin server, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long string in an admin.list file.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
Application impact
References
- http://forum.configserver.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5008
- http://www.configserver.com/free/csf/changelog.txt
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18225
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71758
- http://forum.configserver.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5008
- http://www.configserver.com/free/csf/changelog.txt
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18225
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71758
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.