Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Proftpd commit 4017eff8 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code and can cause a Denial of Service (DoS) on the FTP service by sending a maliciously crafted message to the ProFTPD service port.

According to the versions of the proftpd package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

    Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Proftpd commit 4017eff8 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary     code and can cause a Denial of Service (DoS) on the FTP service by sending a maliciously crafted message     to the ProFTPD service port.(CVE-2024-57392)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS proftpd security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:1028-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2024-57392: Fixed null pointer dereference vulnerability by sending a maliciously crafted message     (bsc#1238143).
    - CVE-2024-48651: Fixed supplemental group inheritance granting unintended access to GID 0 (bsc#1238141).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Proftpd commit 4017eff8 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary     code and can cause a Denial of Service (DoS) on the FTP service by sending a maliciously crafted message     to the ProFTPD service port. (CVE-2024-57392)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-4077 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4077-1                debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/                   Bastien Roucaris     March 02, 2025                                https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : proftpd-dfsg     Version        : 1.3.7a+dfsg-12+deb11u5     CVE ID         : CVE-2024-57392     Debian Bug     : 1090813

    proftpd a popular FTP server was affected by a vulnerability.

    CVE-2024-57392:

        Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Proftpd allowed a remote         attacker to execute arbitrary code and can cause a         Denial of Service (DoS) on the FTP service by sending a         maliciously crafted message to the ProFTPD service port.

    Moreover this release include some bug fixes:
    - - upstream issue #1171       Downloading a file contains the contents of another file.
    - - Fix the computation of he RADIUS Message-Authenticator       signature to conform more properly to RFC 2869. Fix       Blastradius breakage.

    For Debian 11 bullseye, this problem has been fixed in version     1.3.7a+dfsg-12+deb11u5.

    We recommend that you upgrade your proftpd-dfsg packages.

    For the detailed security status of proftpd-dfsg please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/proftpd-dfsg

    Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 41 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-835949b994 advisory.

    This update addresses a null pointer dereferencing issue that could cause the session for a client that     sent specially-crafted commands to the server to crash (not the sessions of other clients).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 40 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-d37ad923f5 advisory.

    This update addresses a null pointer dereferencing issue that could cause the session for a client that     sent specially-crafted commands to the server to crash (not the sessions of other clients).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
233617	EulerOS 2.0 SP13 : proftpd (EulerOS-SA-2025-1339)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
233613	EulerOS 2.0 SP13 : proftpd (EulerOS-SA-2025-1322)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
233399	SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : proftpd (SUSE-SU-2025:1028-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
232156	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-57392	Nessus	Misc.	high
216986	Debian dla-4077 : proftpd-basic - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
216638	Fedora 41 : proftpd (2025-835949b994)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
216632	Fedora 40 : proftpd (2025-d37ad923f5)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high

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