SUSE SLES11 Security Update : vsftpd (SUSE-SU-2015:0136-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 83672

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Synopsis

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

Description

The vsftp daemon was not handling the 'deny_file' option properly, allowing unauthorized access in some specific scenarios.(bnc#900326).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware :

zypper in -t patch slessp3-vsftpd-10161

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 :

zypper in -t patch slessp3-vsftpd-10161

To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 83672

File Name: suse_SU-2015-0136-1.nasl

Version: 2.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 5/20/2015

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:vsftpd

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/23/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/23/2015

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