Debian Security Advisory DSA 2523-1 (globus-gridftp-server)

The remote host is missing an update to globus-gridftp-server announced via advisory DSA 2523-1. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: deb25231.nasl 6612 2017-07-07 12:08:03Z cfischer $ Description: Auto-generated from advisory DSA 2523-1 globus-gridftp-server Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyrigh...

Debian DSA-2523-1 : globus-gridftp-server - programming error

It was discovered that the GridFTP component from the Globus Toolkit, a toolkit used for building Grid systems and applications, performed insufficient validation of a name lookup, which could lead to privilege escalation. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text...