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Debian DSA-1730-1 : proftpd-dfsg - SQL injection vulnerabilites

high Nessus Plugin ID 35755

Synopsis

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

Description

The security update for proftpd-dfsg in DSA-1727-1 caused a regression with the postgresql backend. This update corrects the flaw. Also it was discovered that the oldstable distribution (etch) is not affected by the security issues. For reference the original advisory follows.

Two SQL injection vulnerabilities have been found in proftpd, a virtual-hosting FTP daemon. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

 - CVE-2009-0542 Shino discovered that proftpd is prone to a SQL injection vulnerability via the use of certain characters in the username.

 - CVE-2009-0543 TJ Saunders discovered that proftpd is prone to a SQL injection vulnerability due to insufficient escaping mechanisms, when multybite character encodings are used.

The oldstable distribution (etch) is not affected by these problems.

Solution

For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 1.3.1-17lenny2.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-0542

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-0543

https://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1730

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 35755

File Name: debian_DSA-1730.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/3/2009

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:proftpd-dfsg, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/2/2009

Exploitable With

CANVAS (D2ExploitPack)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0542, CVE-2009-0543

BID: 33722

CWE: 89

DSA: 1730