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Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1218-1)

🗓️ 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AGType 
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The Debian 'proftpd' package(s) through DSA-1218 advisory have insufficient validation of FTP command buffer size limits, which may lead to denial of service

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.57592");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2006-6171");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-01-17 22:17:11 +0000 (Thu, 17 Jan 2008)");
  script_version("2025-08-04T05:47:09+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-08-04 05:47:09 +0000 (Mon, 04 Aug 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");

  script_name("Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1218-1)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=DEB3\.1");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"DSA-1218-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2006/DSA-1218-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-1218");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'proftpd' package(s) announced via the DSA-1218-1 advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"It was discovered that the proftpd FTP daemon performs insufficient validation of FTP command buffer size limits, which may lead to denial of service.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.10-15sarge2.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.0-13 of the proftpd-dfsg package.

We recommend that you upgrade your proftpd package.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'proftpd' package(s) on Debian 3.1.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");

  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");

release = dpkg_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "DEB3.1") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"proftpd", ver:"1.2.10-15sarge2", rls:"DEB3.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"proftpd-common", ver:"1.2.10-15sarge2", rls:"DEB3.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"proftpd-doc", ver:"1.2.10-15sarge2", rls:"DEB3.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"proftpd-ldap", ver:"1.2.10-15sarge2", rls:"DEB3.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"proftpd-mysql", ver:"1.2.10-15sarge2", rls:"DEB3.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"proftpd-pgsql", ver:"1.2.10-15sarge2", rls:"DEB3.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);

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04 Aug 2025 00:00Current
6.5Medium risk
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CVSS 27.5
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