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Fedora 43 : proftpd (2026-bdb9342c72)

high Nessus Plugin ID 313413

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 43 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-bdb9342c72 advisory.

 Cumulative bug-fix release from upstream. Includes fix for a possible SQL-injection issue via `mod_sql` (CVE-2026-42167). Note that `mod_sql` is not enabled by default.


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora 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

Update the affected proftpd package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-bdb9342c72

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 313413

File Name: fedora_2026-bdb9342c72.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/8/2026

Updated: 5/8/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-42167

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:proftpd, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:43

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/30/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/28/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-42167