Debian DSA-1222-2 : proftpd - several vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 23757

Synopsis

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

Description

Due to technical problems yesterday's proftpd update lacked a build for the amd64 architecture, which is now available. For reference please find below the original advisory text :

Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the proftpd FTP daemon, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code or denial of service. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

- CVE-2006-5815 It was discovered that a buffer overflow in the sreplace() function may lead to denial of service and possibly the execution of arbitrary code.

- CVE-2006-6170 It was discovered that a buffer overflow in the mod_tls addon module may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

- CVE-2006-6171 It was discovered that insufficient validation of FTP command buffer size limits may lead to denial of service. Due to unclear information this issue was already fixed in DSA-1218 as CVE-2006-5815.

Solution

Upgrade the proftpd package.

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 1.2.10-15sarge3.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 23757

File Name: debian_DSA-1222.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 12/4/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/5/2006

Exploitable With

Metasploit (ProFTPD 1.2 - 1.3.0 sreplace Buffer Overflow (Linux))

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-5815, CVE-2006-6170, CVE-2006-6171

CWE: 119

DSA: 1222

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