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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.66205
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1925-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'proftpd-dfsg' package(s) announced via the DSA-1925-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'proftpd-dfsg' package(s) announced via the DSA-1925-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
It has been discovered that proftpd-dfsg, a virtual-hosting FTP daemon, does not properly handle a '0' character in a domain name in the Subject Alternative Name field of an X.509 client certificate, when the dNSNameRequired TLS option is enabled.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.1-17lenny4.

For the oldstable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.0-19etch3.

Binaries for the amd64 architecture will be released once they are available.

For the testing distribution (squeeze) and the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.2a-2.

We recommend that you upgrade your proftpd-dfsg packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'proftpd-dfsg' package(s) on Debian 4, Debian 5.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
5.8

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-3639
36804
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36804
37131
http://secunia.com/advisories/37131
37219
http://secunia.com/advisories/37219
DSA-1925
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1925
FEDORA-2009-11649
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00642.html
FEDORA-2009-11666
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00649.html
MDVSA-2009:288
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:288
[oss-security] 20091023 Re: proftpd - mod_tls - Improper SSL/TLS certificate subjectAltName verification
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125632960508211&w=2
[oss-security] 20091023 proftpd - mod_tls - Improper SSL/TLS certificate subjectAltName verification
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125630966510672&w=2
http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3275
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530719
proftpd-modtls-security-bypass(53936)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53936
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG

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