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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-19271

An issue was discovered in tls_verify_crl in ProFTPD before 1.3.6. A wrong iteration variable, used when checking a client certificate against CRL entries (installed by a system administrator), can cause some CRL entries to be ignored, and can allow clients whose certificates have been revoked to proceed with a connection to the server.

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CVE-2019-19271
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31 Oct 2026, 10:38 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2019-19271

core-osv · Original source

Published 26 Nov 2019, 04:15 UTC

An issue was discovered in tls_verify_crl in ProFTPD before 1.3.6. A wrong iteration variable, used when checking a client certificate against CRL entries (installed by a system administrator), can cause some CRL entries to be ignored, and can allow clients whose certificates have been revoked to proceed with a connection to the server.

osv:CVE-2019-19271
Complete source record
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