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Debian DSA-2185-1 : proftpd-dfsg - integer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 52600

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that an integer overflow in the SFTP file transfer module of the ProFTPD daemon could lead to denial of service.

The oldstable distribution (lenny) is not affected.

Solution

Upgrade the proftpd-dfsg packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.3a-6squeeze1.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/proftpd-dfsg

https://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2185

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 52600

File Name: debian_DSA-2185.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/10/2011

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:proftpd-dfsg, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/7/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1137

BID: 46183

DSA: 2185