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GLSA-202009-11 : ProFTPD: Denial of service

🗓️ 14 Sep 2020 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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The ProFTPD is affected by a vulnerability allowing authenticated remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service via invalid SCP commands

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Code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202009-11.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2020 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike 
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(140566);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/09/14");
  script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"202009-11");

  script_name(english:"GLSA-202009-11 : ProFTPD: Denial of service");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis",
    value:
"The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description",
    value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202009-11
(ProFTPD: Denial of service)

    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."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/issues/1043"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-11"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution",
    value:
"All ProFTPD users should upgrade to the latest version:
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-ftp/proftpd-1.3.7a'"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"risk_factor", value:"Low");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:proftpd");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2020/09/13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/09/13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/09/14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("qpkg.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (qpkg_check(package:"net-ftp/proftpd", unaffected:make_list("ge 1.3.7a"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 1.3.7a"))) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_note(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
  else security_note(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = qpkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "ProFTPD");
}

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14 Sep 2020 00:00Current
5.6Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.6
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