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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.57592
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1218)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'proftpd' package(s) announced via the DSA-1218 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'proftpd' package(s) announced via the DSA-1218 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
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.

Affected Software/OS:
'proftpd' package(s) on Debian 3.1.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.5

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2006-6171
Debian Security Information: DSA-1218 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1218
Debian Security Information: DSA-1222 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1222
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-26.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:217-1
http://proftp.cvs.sourceforge.net/proftp/proftpd/src/main.c?r1=1.292&r2=1.293&sortby=date
http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.035.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/23174
http://secunia.com/advisories/23179
http://secunia.com/advisories/23184
http://secunia.com/advisories/23207
http://secunia.com/advisories/23329
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.502491
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0070
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