ProFTPD < 1.3.0a Multiple Vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 27055

Synopsis

The remote FTP server is affected by several vulnerabilities.

Description

The remote host is using ProFTPD, a free FTP server for Unix and Linux.

According to its banner, the version of ProFTPD installed on the remote host is earlier than 1.3.0a. As such, it may be affected by one or more of the following vulnerabilities :

- An off-by-one string manipulation flaw exists in the 'sreplace' function. (CVE-2006-5815)

- A buffer overflow exists in the 'tls_x509_name_oneline' function of the mod_tls module involving the data length argument. (CVE-2006-6170)

- An off-by-two buffer overflow exists due to a failure to properly set the buffer size limit when 'CommandBufferSize' is specified in the configuration file, an issue which is disputed by the developers.
(CVE-2006-6171)

An attacker may be able to leverage this issue to crash the affected service or execute arbitrary code remotely, subject to the privileges under which the application operates.

Solution

Upgrade to ProFTPD version 1.3.0a or later.

See Also

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2006/Nov/315

https://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452760/30/0/threaded

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 27055

File Name: proftpd_1_3_0_a.nasl

Version: 1.24

Type: remote

Family: FTP

Published: 10/15/2007

Updated: 11/15/2018

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:proftpd:proftpd

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport, ftp/proftpd

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/10/2006

Exploitable With

Metasploit (ProFTPD 1.2 - 1.3.0 sreplace Buffer Overflow (Linux))

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-5815, CVE-2006-6170, CVE-2006-6171

BID: 20992

CWE: 119