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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

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)