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Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 8.04 LTS / 9.10 / 10.04 LTS / 10.10 : vsftpd vulnerability (USN-1098-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 53222

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

It was discovered that vsftpd incorrectly handled certain glob expressions. A remote authenticated user could use a crafted glob expression to cause vftpd to consume all resources, leading to a denial of service.

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Solution

Update the affected vsftpd package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1098-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 53222

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1098-1.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/30/2011

Updated: 9/19/2019

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vsftpd, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/29/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/2/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-0762

BID: 46617

USN: 1098-1