SUSE: 2011:1028-1 Important: Pure-ftpd Directory Traversal Attack

   SUSE Security Update: Security update for pure-ftpd, pure-ftpd-debuginfo
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2011:1028-1
Rating:             important
References:         #685447 #699300 #700335 #703035 
Cross-References:   CVE-2011-3171
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4
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   An update that solves one vulnerability and has three fixes
   is now available.

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:

   * bnc#699300 - FTP remote server navigation does not
   always succeed
   * bnc#685447 - pure-ftpd does not throw an error when
   the name resolution fails during remote server navigation
   * bnc#700335 - put files into NCP volumes fails
   * bnc#703035 - remote_server feature opens a
   vulnerability with directory traversal & file overwriting

   Security Issue reference:

   * CVE-2011-3171
   

Indications:

   Please install this update.


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64):

      pure-ftpd-1.0.22-0.26.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (i586 x86_64):

      pure-ftpd-1.0.22-0.26.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3171.html