Debian DSA-4491-1 : proftpd-dfsg - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 127487

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Tobias Maedel discovered that the mod_copy module of ProFTPD, a FTP/SFTP/FTPS server, performed incomplete permission validation for the CPFR/CPTO commands.

Solution

Upgrade the proftpd-dfsg packages.

For the oldstable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.5b-4+deb9u1.

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.6-4+deb10u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 127487

File Name: debian_DSA-4491.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 8/12/2019

Updated: 5/7/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-12815

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:proftpd-dfsg, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/4/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/19/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-12815

DSA: 4491

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