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Fedora 7 : proftpd-1.3.1-2.fc7 (2007-2613)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 27781

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

The Auth API in ProFTPD before 20070417, when multiple simultaneous authentication modules are configured, does not require that the module that checks authentication is the same as the module that retrieves authentication data, which might allow remote attackers to bypass authentication, as demonstrated by use of SQLAuthTypes Plaintext in mod_sql, with data retrieved from /etc/passwd.

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=237533

http://www.nessus.org/u?598dec10

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 27781

File Name: fedora_2007-2613.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/6/2007

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:proftpd, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:proftpd-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:proftpd-ldap, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:proftpd-mysql, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:proftpd-postgresql, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:7

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/5/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-2165

BID: 23546

FEDORA: 2007-2613