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Fedora 31 : proftpd (2020-876b1f664e)

high Nessus Plugin ID 134137

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This update, to the current upstream stable release version, is a cumulative bug-fix release including a security fix for a use-after-free vulnerability (CVE-2020-9273): successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.

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Solution

Update the affected proftpd package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-876b1f664e

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 134137

File Name: fedora_2020-876b1f664e.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/28/2020

Updated: 5/20/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-9273

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:proftpd, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:31

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/27/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/20/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-9273