Debian DSA-2767-1 : proftpd-dfsg - denial of service

medium Nessus Plugin ID 70201

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Synopsis

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

Description

Kingcope discovered that the mod_sftp and mod_sftp_pam modules of proftpd, a powerful modular FTP/SFTP/FTPS server, are not properly validating input, before making pool allocations. An attacker can use this flaw to conduct denial of service attacks against the system running proftpd (resource exhaustion).

Solution

Upgrade the proftpd-dfsg packages.

For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.3a-6squeeze7.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.4a-5+deb7u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 70201

File Name: debian_DSA-2767.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 9/30/2013

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:proftpd-dfsg, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/29/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4359

BID: 62328

DSA: 2767

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