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Gentoo: GLSA-202009-11 Low Severity: ProFTPD Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey September 13, 2020
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
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A vulnerability in ProFTPD could lead to a Denial of Service condition.

Summary

It was found that ProFTPD did not properly handle invalid SCP commands.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo remote exploit low severity Denial of Service ProFTPD

Resolution

All ProFTPD users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-ftp/proftpd-1.3.7a"

References

[ 1 ] Invalid SCP command leads to null pointer dereference https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/issues/1043

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-11
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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.

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Severity: Low
Title: ProFTPD: Denial of service
Date: September 13, 2020
Bugs: #733376
ID: 202009-11

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo remote exploit low severity Denial of Service ProFTPD

Synopsis

A vulnerability in ProFTPD could lead to a Denial of Service condition.

Background

ProFTPD is an advanced and very configurable FTP server.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-ftp/proftpd < 1.3.7a >= 1.3.7a

Impact

===== An authenticated remote attacker could issue invalid SCP commands, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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