Medium [CVE-2025-14242] Denial of service via integer overflow in ls command parameter parsing
This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2025-14242 affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 1, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
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Summary
Denial of service via integer overflow in ls command parameter parsing. Red Hat rates this moderate (CVSS 6.5).
Weakness: CWE-190. Affected package(s): vsftpd.
Resolved in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:4470 — update the affected packages (`sudo dnf update`).
Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 1; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
- vsftpd-0:3.0.3-35.el8_6.1
- vsftpd-0:3.0.3-35.el8_8.1
- vsftpd-0:3.0.5-9.el10_0.1
- vsftpd-0:3.0.3-49.el9_0.1
- vsftpd-0:3.0.3-31.el8_2.1
- vsftpd-0:3.0.5-6.el9_6.1
- vsftpd-0:3.0.5-5.el9_4.1
- vsftpd-0:3.0.3-33.el8_4.1
- vsftpd-0:3.0.5-10.el10_1.1
- vsftpd-0:3.0.3-36.el8_10.3
- vsftpd-0:3.0.5-4.el9_2.1
- vsftpd-0:3.0.5-6.el9_7.2
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source
- RHSA-2026:4470
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source
Mitigation checklist
- Update the affected package(s) to the fixed version shipped in RHSA-2026:4470 (`sudo dnf update` / `yum update`).
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source
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