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Debian DSA-795-2 : proftpd - potential code execution

medium Nessus Plugin ID 19565

Synopsis

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

Description

infamous42md reported that proftpd suffers from two format string vulnerabilities. In the first, a user with the ability to create a directory could trigger the format string error if there is a proftpd shutdown message configured to use the '%C', '%R', or '%U' variables.
In the second, the error is triggered if mod_sql is used to retrieve messages from a database and if format strings have been inserted into the database by a user with permission to do so.

Solution

Upgrade the proftpd package.

The old stable distribution (woody) is not affected by these vulnerabilities.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.10-15sarge1. There was an error in the packages originally prepared for i386, which was corrected in 1.2.10-15sarge1.0.1 for i386.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-795

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 19565

File Name: debian_DSA-795.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/6/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:proftpd, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/26/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2390

DSA: 795