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Gentoo: GLSA-201908-16 High: ProFTPD Remote Code Execution Threat

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Calendar Grey August 15, 2019
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
An urgent security update addresses a remote code execution flaw in ProFTPD impacting Gentoo systems. Users must act quickly to minimize risks
A vulnerability in ProFTPD could result in the arbitrary execution of code.

Summary

It was discovered that ProFTPD's "mod_copy" module does not properly restrict privileges for anonymous users.

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Topics Covered

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Resolution

All ProFTPD users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-ftp/proftpd-1.3.6-r5"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2019-12815 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12815

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-16
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: High
Title: ProFTPD: Remote code execution
Date: August 15, 2019
Bugs: #690528
ID: 201908-16

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Topics Covered

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Synopsis

A vulnerability in ProFTPD could result in the arbitrary execution of code.

Background

ProFTPD is an advanced and very configurable FTP server.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-ftp/proftpd < 1.3.6-r5 >= 1.3.6-r5

Impact

===== A remote attacker, by anonymously uploading a malicious file, could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, cause a Denial of Service condition or disclose information.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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