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Debian DSA-1245-1 : proftpd - programming error

high Nessus Plugin ID 25339

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Martin Loewer discovered that the proftpd FTP daemon is vulnerable to denial of service if the addon module for Radius authentication is enabled.

Solution

Upgrade the proftpd package.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.10-15sarge4.

For the upcoming stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.10+1.3.0rc5-1.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=404751

http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1245

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 25339

File Name: debian_DSA-1245.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/29/2007

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:proftpd, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/7/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-4816

DSA: 1245