Debian DSA-2346-2 : proftpd-dfsg - several vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 56850

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Synopsis

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

Description

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in ProFTPD, an FTP server :

- (No CVE id) ProFTPD incorrectly uses data from an unencrypted input buffer after encryption has been enabled with STARTTLS, an issue similar to CVE-2011-0411.

- CVE-2011-4130 ProFTPD uses a response pool after freeing it under exceptional conditions, possibly leading to remote code execution. (The version in lenny is not affected by this problem.)

Solution

Upgrade the proftpd-dfsg packages.

For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.1-17lenny9.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.3a-6squeeze4.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 56850

File Name: debian_DSA-2346.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 11/16/2011

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:proftpd-dfsg, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/16/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-4130

BID: 50631

DSA: 2346

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