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GLSA-200407-04 : Pure-FTPd: Potential DoS when maximum connections is reached

medium Nessus Plugin ID 14537

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200407-04 (Pure-FTPd: Potential DoS when maximum connections is reached)

 Pure-FTPd contains a bug in the accept_client function handling the setup of new connections.
 Impact :

 When the maximum number of connections is reached an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to perform a Denial of Service attack.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest available version.

Solution

All Pure-FTPd users should upgrade to the latest stable version:
 # emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=net-ftp/pure-ftpd-1.0.18-r1' # emerge '>=net-ftp/pure-ftpd-1.0.18-r1'

See Also

https://www.pureftpd.org/project/pure-ftpd

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200407-04

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 14537

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200407-04.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 8/30/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:pure-ftpd, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 7/4/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0656

GLSA: 200407-04