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| <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> |
| |
| <glsa id="200407-04"> |
| <title>Pure-FTPd: Potential DoS when maximum connections is reached</title> |
| <synopsis> |
| Pure-FTPd contains a bug potentially allowing a Denial of Service attack |
| when the maximum number of connections is reached. |
| </synopsis> |
| <product type="ebuild">Pure-FTPd</product> |
| <announced>July 04, 2004</announced> |
| <revised>May 22, 2006: 02</revised> |
| <bug>54590</bug> |
| <access>remote</access> |
| <affected> |
| <package name="net-ftp/pure-ftpd" auto="yes" arch="*"> |
| <unaffected range="ge">1.0.18-r1</unaffected> |
| <vulnerable range="le">1.0.18</vulnerable> |
| </package> |
| </affected> |
| <background> |
| <p> |
| Pure-FTPd is a fast, production-quality and standards-compliant FTP |
| server. |
| </p> |
| </background> |
| <description> |
| <p> |
| Pure-FTPd contains a bug in the accept_client function handling the |
| setup of new connections. |
| </p> |
| </description> |
| <impact type="normal"> |
| <p> |
| When the maximum number of connections is reached an attacker could |
| exploit this vulnerability to perform a Denial of Service attack. |
| </p> |
| </impact> |
| <workaround> |
| <p> |
| There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to |
| upgrade to the latest available version. |
| </p> |
| </workaround> |
| <resolution> |
| <p> |
| All Pure-FTPd users should upgrade to the latest stable version: |
| </p> |
| <code> |
| # emerge sync |
| |
| # emerge -pv ">=net-ftp/pure-ftpd-1.0.18-r1" |
| # emerge ">=net-ftp/pure-ftpd-1.0.18-r1"</code> |
| </resolution> |
| <references> |
| <uri link="http://www.pureftpd.org">Pure-FTPd website</uri> |
| <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0656">CVE-2004-0656</uri> |
| </references> |
| <metadata tag="submitter"> |
| jaervosz |
| </metadata> |
| </glsa> |