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Debian DLA-1974-1 : proftpd-dfsg security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 130287

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

An issue has been found in proftp-dfsg, a versatile, virtual-hosting FTP daemon.

Due to incorrect handling of overly long commands, a remote unauthenticated user could trigger a denial of service by reaching an

endless loop.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.5e+r1.3.5-2+deb8u4.

We recommend that you upgrade your proftpd-dfsg packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00036.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/proftpd-dfsg

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 130287

File Name: debian_DLA-1974.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/28/2019

Updated: 4/16/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-18217

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:proftpd-mod-odbc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:proftpd-mod-ldap, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:proftpd-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:proftpd-mod-geoip, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:proftpd-mod-sqlite, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:proftpd-doc, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:proftpd-mod-mysql, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:proftpd-mod-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:proftpd-basic

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/27/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/21/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-18217