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