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FreeBSD Ports: proftpd
Information
Severity
Severity
Critical
Family
Family
FreeBSD Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
9.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
15 years ago
Modified
Modified
7 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.
Insight
Insight
The following package is affected: proftpd CVE-2003-0831 ProFTPD 1.2.7 through 1.2.9rc2 does not properly translate newline characters when transferring files in ASCII mode, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a buffer overflow using certain files.
Solution
Solution
Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades. http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/154 http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/cf0fb426-3f96-11d8-b096-0020ed76ef5a.html