Description: | Description: The remote host is missing an update to proftpd announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:337.
A vulnerability has been identified and corrected in proftpd:
The TLS protocol, and the SSL protocol 3.0 and possibly earlier, as used in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0, mod_ssl in the Apache HTTP Server 2.2.14 and earlier, OpenSSL before 0.9.8l, GnuTLS 2.8.5 and earlier, Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) 3.12.4 and earlier, and other products, does not properly associate renegotiation handshakes with an existing connection, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to insert data into HTTPS sessions, and possibly other types of sessions protected by TLS or SSL, by sending an unauthenticated request that is processed retroactively by a server in a post-renegotiation context, related to a plaintext injection attack, aka the Project Mogul issue (CVE-2009-3555).
Packages for 2008.0 are provided for Corporate Desktop 2008.0 customers.
This update fixes this vulnerability.
Affected: 2008.0, 2009.0, 2009.1, 2010.0, Corporate 4.0, Enterprise Server 5.0
Solution: To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDVSA-2009:337 http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3324
Risk factor : High
CVSS Score: 5.8
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