Debian DSA-1452-1 : wzdftpd - denial of service

medium Nessus Plugin ID 29861

Synopsis

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

Description

'k1tk4t' discovered that wzdftpd, a portable, modular, small and efficient ftp server, did not correctly handle the receipt of long usernames. This could allow remote users to cause the daemon to exit.

Solution

Upgrade the wzdftpd package.

For the old stable distribution (sarge), this problem has been fixed in version 0.5.2-1.1sarge3.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 0.8.1-2etch1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=446192

https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1452

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 29861

File Name: debian_DSA-1452.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/7/2008

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

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:debian:debian_linux:wzdftpd, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/6/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-5300

CWE: 119, 189

DSA: 1452