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SuSE 10 Security Update : pure-ftpd (ZYPP Patch Number 7723)

low Nessus Plugin ID 56614

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Synopsis

The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

The OES Netware add-ons in pure-ftpd had a security problem and some bugs, which are fixed by this update.

A local attacker could overwrite local files when the OES remote server feature of pure-ftpd is enabled due to a directory traversal.
(CVE-2011-3171)

Additionally the following bugs have been fixed :

 - FTP remote server navigation does not always succeed.
 (bnc#699300)

 - pure-ftpd does not throw an error when the name resolution fails during remote server navigation.
 (bnc#685447)

 - put files into NCP volumes fails. (bnc#700335)

 - remote_server feature opens a vulnerability with directory traversal & file overwriting. (bnc#703035)

Solution

Apply ZYPP patch number 7723.

See Also

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3171.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 56614

File Name: suse_pure-ftpd-7723.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/24/2011

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:suse:suse_linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/31/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3171