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Debian dla-4077 : proftpd-basic - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 216986

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Synopsis

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

Description

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 [email protected] 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.

Solution

Upgrade the proftpd-basic packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?a98522a3

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-57392

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 216986

File Name: debian_DLA-4077.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/2/2025

Updated: 3/2/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-57392

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:proftpd-basic, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:proftpd-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:proftpd-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:proftpd-mod-geoip, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:proftpd-mod-ldap, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:proftpd-mod-mysql, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:proftpd-mod-odbc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:proftpd-mod-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:proftpd-mod-sqlite, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:proftpd-core, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:proftpd-mod-crypto, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:proftpd-mod-snmp, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:proftpd-mod-wrap

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/2/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/6/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-57392