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GLSA-200701-09 : oftpd: Denial of Service

high Nessus Plugin ID 24207

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200701-09 (oftpd: Denial of Service)

 By specifying an unsupported address family in the arguments to a LPRT or LPASV command, an assertion in oftpd will cause the daemon to abort.
 Impact :

 Remote, unauthenticated attackers may be able to terminate any oftpd process, denying service to legitimate users.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All oftpd users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-ftp/oftpd-0.3.7-r3'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200701-09

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 24207

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200701-09.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 1/17/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:oftpd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 1/15/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/16/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-6767

GLSA: 200701-09