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GLSA-202509-06 : ProFTPd: SSH Terrapin vulnerability
medium Nessus Plugin ID 265363
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Description
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202509-06 (ProFTPd: SSH Terrapin vulnerability)A vulnerability has been discovered in ProFTPd. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Gentoo 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
All ProFTPd users should upgrade to the latest version:# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=net-ftp/proftpd-1.3.8b
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Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 265363
File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202509-06.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks
Published: 9/18/2025
Updated: 9/18/2025
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.1
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.4
Temporal Score: 4.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-48795
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.9
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6
Threat Score: 5.3
Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:proftpd
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/17/2025
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/13/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-48795