GLSA 201309-15: ProFTPD: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity:	high
Title:	ProFTPD: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	09/24/2013
Bugs:	#305343, #343389, #348998, #354080, #361963, #390075, #450746, #484614
ID:	201309-15

Synopsis

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

Background

ProFTPD is an advanced and very configurable FTP server.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-ftp/proftpd	< 1.3.4d	>= 1.3.4d	All supported architectures

Description

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

Impact

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

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All ProFTPD users should upgrade to the latest version:

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

References

• CVE-2009-3555
• CVE-2010-3867
• CVE-2010-4221
• CVE-2010-4652
• CVE-2011-1137
• CVE-2011-4130
• CVE-2012-6095
• CVE-2013-4359

Availability

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?

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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