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Fedora 45 : proftpd (2026-c8173d7dcd)

high Nessus Plugin ID 314304

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 45 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-c8173d7dcd advisory.

 Automatic update for proftpd-1.3.9a-2.fc45.

 ##### **Changelog**

 ```
 * Mon May 11 2026 Paul Howarth <[email protected]> - 1.3.9a-2
 - Additional escaping for avoidance of SQL injection issues with %{note:...} and %{env:...}; these are on top of the existing fix for CVE-2026-42167 in 1.3.9a
 - Fix for SQL Injection in mod_wrap2_sql via reverse DNS hostname (CVE-2026-44331, rhbz#2466899, https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/issues/2057)

 ```

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues 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-c8173d7dcd

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 314304

File Name: fedora_2026-c8173d7dcd.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/12/2026

Updated: 5/12/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, 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-2026-44331

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: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:45, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:proftpd

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: 5/12/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/28/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-42167, CVE-2026-44331