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Gentoo: GLSA-202003-35 Normal: ProFTPd Various Vulnerabilities Detected

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Calendar Grey March 16, 2020
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
ProFTPd presents several security flaws that could enable unauthorized code execution or denial-of-service attacks; users on Gentoo are advised to perform an upgrade.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in ProFTPd, the worst of which may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in ProFTPd. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo code execution DoS multiple issues normal severity ProFTPd

Resolution

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

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2019-18217 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-18217 [ 2 ] CVE-2019-19269 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-19269 [ 3 ] CVE-2020-9272 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9272 [ 4 ] CVE-2020-9273 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9273

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-35
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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: Normal
Title: ProFTPd: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: March 16, 2020
Bugs: #699520, #701814, #710730
ID: 202003-35

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo code execution DoS multiple issues normal severity ProFTPd

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in ProFTPd, the worst of which may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Background

ProFTPD is an advanced and very configurable FTP server.

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Affected Packages

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

Impact

===== A remote attacker, by interrupting the data transfer channel, could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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