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openSUSE Security Update : vsftpd (openSUSE-SU-2011:0435-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 53825

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

Certain file patterns could cause vsftpd to consume excessive CPU resulting in denial of service (CVE-2011-0762).

Solution

Update the affected vsftpd package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=676259

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-05/msg00004.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 53825

File Name: suse_11_2_vsftpd-110308.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/6/2011

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vsftpd, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.2

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/8/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-0762