vsftpd FTP daemon in Red Hat Linux 9 is not compiled against TCP wrappers (tcp_wrappers) but is installed as a standalone service, which in…

published 2003-04-03 23 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2003-0131

cvss: 7.5; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.9%; EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 80%
public exploits: 0; none known

vsftpd FTP daemon in Red Hat Linux 9 is not compiled against TCP wrappers (tcp_wrappers) but is installed as a standalone service, which inadvertently prevents vsftpd from restricting access as intended.

Patch / fix

links 2

redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-084.html advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/7253 advisory

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2003-0135 updated 2025-11-21

security flaw

Red Hat Linux 9
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2003:084

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.92% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

redhat.com /support/errata/RHSA-2003-084.html
vendor-advisory, patch
securityfocus.com /bid/7253
vdb-entry, patch, vendor-advisory
oval.cisecurity.org /repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A634
vdb-entry, signature

Sources

CVE List CVE-2003-0135
NVD CVE-2003-0135

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Summary