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Debian DSA-473-1 : oftpd - denial of service

medium Nessus Plugin ID 15310

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

A vulnerability was discovered in oftpd, an anonymous FTP server, whereby a remote attacker could cause the oftpd process to crash by specifying a large value in a PORT command.

Solution

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.3.6-6.

We recommend that you update your oftpd package.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=216871

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-473

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 15310

File Name: debian_DSA-473.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:oftpd

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 4/3/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0376

BID: 9980

DSA: 473