metadata/glsa/glsa-201110-07.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201110-07">
  <title>vsftpd: Denial of Service</title>
  <synopsis>A Denial of Service vulnerability was found in vsftpd.</synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">vsftpd</product>
  <announced>October 10, 2011</announced>
  <revised>October 10, 2011: 1</revised>
  <bug>357001</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-ftp/vsftpd" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.3.4</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.3.4</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>vsftpd is a very secure FTP daemon written with speed, size and security
      in mind.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>A Denial of Service vulnerability was discovered in vsftpd. Please
      review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote authenticated attacker could cause a Denial of Service.</p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All vsftpd users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-ftp/vsftpd-2.3.4"
    </code>
    
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-0762">CVE-2011-0762</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata timestamp="Sat, 08 Oct 2011 21:54:37 +0000" tag="requester">craig</metadata>
  <metadata timestamp="Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:41:01 +0000" tag="submitter">
    keytoaster
  </metadata>
</glsa>