GLSA 202009-11: ProFTPD: Denial of service

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Severity:	low
Title:	ProFTPD: Denial of service
Date:	09/13/2020
Bugs:	#733376
ID:	202009-11

Synopsis

A vulnerability in ProFTPD could lead to a Denial of Service condition.

Background

ProFTPD is an advanced and very configurable FTP server.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-ftp/proftpd	< 1.3.7a	>= 1.3.7a	All supported architectures

Description

It was found that ProFTPD did not properly handle invalid SCP commands.

Impact

An authenticated remote attacker could issue invalid SCP commands, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.

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-1.3.7a"

References

Invalid SCP command leads to null pointer dereference

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202009-11.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.