Debian DLA-269-1 : linux-ftpd-ssl security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 84597

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

The issue is due to a case of missing brackets in the patch '500-ssl.diff', which causes the execution of 'fclose(NULL)' and thus displays as a segmentation fault. The error appears while transmogrifying 'linux-ftpd' into 'linux-ftpd-ssl'.

There is no CVE assigned to this issue.

The patch was created by Mats Erik Andersson.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected ftpd-ssl package.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2015/07/msg00007.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze-lts/linux-ftpd-ssl

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 84597

File Name: debian_DLA-269.nasl

Version: 2.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/8/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ftpd-ssl, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 7/7/2015