{"cve":"CVE-2008-2375","nvd":{"published":"2008-07-09T00:41:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:53:39.853","status":"Modified","description":"Memory leak in a certain Red Hat deployment of vsftpd before 2.0.5 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3 and 4, when PAM is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of invalid authentication attempts within the same session, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-5962.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-399"],"references":["http://secunia.com/advisories/31007","http://secunia.com/advisories/31223","http://secunia.com/advisories/32263","http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-398.htm","http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0217"],"products":["redhat:vsftpd"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:51:11.071189229+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-2375","score":0.03717,"percentile":0.8978,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}