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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-19270

An issue was discovered in tls_verify_crl in ProFTPD through 1.3.6b. Failure to check for the appropriate field of a CRL entry (checking twice for subject, rather than once for subject and once for issuer) prevents some valid CRLs from being taken into account, and can allow clients whose certificates have been revoked to proceed with a connection to the server.

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31 Oct 2026, 10:38 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2019-19270

core-osv · Original source

Published 26 Nov 2019, 04:15 UTC

An issue was discovered in tls_verify_crl in ProFTPD through 1.3.6b. Failure to check for the appropriate field of a CRL entry (checking twice for subject, rather than once for subject and once for issuer) prevents some valid CRLs from being taken into account, and can allow clients whose certificates have been revoked to proceed with a connection to the server.

osv:CVE-2019-19270
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-19270",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2019-19270",
    "summary": "An issue was discovered in tls_verify_crl in ProFTPD through 1.3.6b. Failure to check for the appropriate field of a CRL entry (checking twice for subject, rather than once for subject and once for issuer) prevents some valid CRLs from being taken into account, and can allow clients whose certificates have been revoked to proceed with a connection to the server.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-19270",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
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      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
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                },
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                  "last_affected": "46a4c089eec7dfc9b7c168c98bdb06371eb694ef"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "14f155e2f194f75d05a1656d13f4228257ba3091"
                },
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                }
              ],
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.3.5"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.6:-:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                        "introduced": "1.3.6-NA"
                      },
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                        "last_affected": "1.3.6-NA"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
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                ]
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          ],
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            "v1.3.5c",
            "v1.3.5b",
            "v1.3.5a"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-19270.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:50:51.315069703Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OGBBCPLJSDPFG5EI5P5G7P4KEX7YSD5G/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QR65XUHPCRU3NXTSFVF2J4GWRIHC7AHW/",
        "https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/issues/859"
      ],
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              "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "fedoraproject:fedora",
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                  },
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                  }
                ],
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              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.6:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.6:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "proftpd:proftpd",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "1.3.6-alpha"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "1.3.6-alpha"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "1.3.6-beta"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "1.3.6-beta"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2019-19270",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 382252,
  "published_at": "2019-11-26T04:15:12.95+00:00"
}