CVE-2004-0042

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2004-0042 · Published 03/02/2004 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2004-0042 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting vsftpd (beasts).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.2%, higher than 69.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
vsftpd beasts	`= 1.1.3`	No fix yet

Description

vsftpd 1.1.3 generates different error messages depending on whether or not a valid username exists, which allows remote attackers to identify valid usernames.

References

securitytracker.com/id

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