SuSE 11.1 Security Update : pure-ftpd (SAT Patch Number 5091)

low Nessus Plugin ID 57130

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Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing a security update.

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 SAT patch number 5091.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 57130

File Name: suse_11_pure-ftpd-110901.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 12/13/2011

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:pure-ftpd, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/1/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3171

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