🛡️ CVE-2021-46854 on Debian — proftpd-dfsg

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV

N/A

CVSS Score

0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

mod_radius in ProFTPD before 1.3.7c allows memory disclosure to RADIUS servers because it copies blocks of 16 characters.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2021-46854 as tracked by Debian, for the package proftpd-dfsg. The fix is available in version 1.3.7c+dfsg-1; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2021-46854 is recorded against 1 package.

proftpd-dfsg (fixed in 1.3.7c+dfsg-1)

Timeline and source

Published on 23 November 2022 and last revised on 4 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)

CVE-2021-46854 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Ubuntu

Details

Severity Unknown

CVSS Score N/A

CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CWE N/A

Public Exploit ✅ No

Source OSV

Published 2022-11-23

Updated 2026-08-20

Modified 2026-08-04

Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software	From version	Fixed in
proftpd-dfsg	—	1.3.7c+dfsg-1

References

ADVISORY https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-46854

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