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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200407-04 |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: Pure-FTPd: Potential DoS when maximum connections is |
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Date: July 04, 2004 |
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Bugs: #54590 |
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ID: 200407-04 |
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Synopsis |
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Pure-FTPd contains a bug potentially allowing a Denial of Service |
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attack when the maximum number of connections is reached. |
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Background |
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Pure-FTPd is a fast, production-quality and standards-compliant FTP |
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server. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 net-ftp/pure-ftpd <= 1.0.18 >= 1.0.18-r1 |
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Description |
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Pure-FTPd contains a bug in the accept_client function handling the |
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setup of new connections. |
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Impact |
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When the maximum number of connections is reached an attacker could |
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exploit this vulnerability to perform a Denial of Service attack. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to |
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upgrade to the latest available version. |
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Resolution |
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All Pure-FTPd users should upgrade to the latest stable version: |
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# emerge sync |
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# emerge -pv ">=net-ftp/pure-ftpd-1.0.18-r1" |
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# emerge ">=net-ftp/pure-ftpd-1.0.18-r1" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] Pure-FTPd website |
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http://www.pureftpd.org |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200407-04.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2004 Gentoo Technologies, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0 |
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