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[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201309-15 ] ProFTPD: Multiple vulnerabilities

Posted on 25 September 2013
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201309-15
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: High
Title: ProFTPD: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: September 24, 2013
Bugs: #305343, #343389, #348998, #354080, #361963, #390075,
#450746, #484614
ID: 201309-15

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in ProFTPD, the worst of which
leading to remote execution of arbitrary code.

Background
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ProFTPD is an advanced and very configurable FTP server.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-ftp/proftpd < 1.3.4d >= 1.3.4d

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in ProFTPD. Please review
the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
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A context-dependent attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with
the privileges of the process, perform man-in-the-middle attacks to
spoof arbitrary SSL servers, cause a Denial of Service condition, or
read and modify arbitrary files.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All ProFTPD users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-ftp/proftpd-1.3.4d"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2009-3555
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-3555
[ 2 ] CVE-2010-3867
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-3867
[ 3 ] CVE-2010-4221
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-4221
[ 4 ] CVE-2010-4652
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-4652
[ 5 ] CVE-2011-1137
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-1137
[ 6 ] CVE-2011-4130
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-4130
[ 7 ] CVE-2012-6095
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-6095
[ 8 ] CVE-2013-4359
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4359

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-15.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2013 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5


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