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Fedora 44 : proftpd (2026-bceca58521)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 381470

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 44 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-bceca58521 advisory.

 This update fixes a couple of issues in mod_copy, which is not enabled by default.

 * `<Limit READ>` configurations were not honored by `SITE COPY` as they should be
 * Fix write restriction bypass via symlink following in `mod_copy` (CVE-2026-119364)



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-bceca58521

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 381470

File Name: fedora_2026-bceca58521.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/15/2026

Updated: 11/15/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 92.82

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-119364

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Threat Score: 2.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:44, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:proftpd

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/6/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/30/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-119364