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Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : vsftpd (ELSA-2011-0337)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 68226

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2011-0337 advisory.

 [2.2.2-6.el6_0.1]
 - Resolves: #681891 - CVE-2011-0762 vsftpd: remote DoS via crafted glob pattern

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected vsftpd package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2011-0337.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 68226

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2011-0337.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 4/29/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-0762

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:vsftpd, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/10/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/2/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-0762

BID: 46617

RHSA: 2011:0337