Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1245-1 proftpd -- programming error

Date Reported:
07 Jan 2007
Affected Packages:
proftpd
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 404751.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-4816.
More information:

Martin Loewer discovered that the proftpd FTP daemon is vulnerable to denial of service if the addon module for Radius authentication is enabled.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.10-15sarge4.

For the upcoming stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.10+1.3.0rc5-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.10+1.3.0rc5-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your proftpd package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd_1.2.10-15sarge4.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd_1.2.10-15sarge4.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd_1.2.10.orig.tar.gz
Architecture-independent component:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-doc_1.2.10-15sarge4_all.deb
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd_1.2.10-15sarge4_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-common_1.2.10-15sarge4_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-ldap_1.2.10-15sarge4_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-mysql_1.2.10-15sarge4_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-pgsql_1.2.10-15sarge4_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd_1.2.10-15sarge4_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-common_1.2.10-15sarge4_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-ldap_1.2.10-15sarge4_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-mysql_1.2.10-15sarge4_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-pgsql_1.2.10-15sarge4_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd_1.2.10-15sarge4_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-common_1.2.10-15sarge4_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-ldap_1.2.10-15sarge4_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-mysql_1.2.10-15sarge4_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-pgsql_1.2.10-15sarge4_arm.deb
HPPA:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd_1.2.10-15sarge4_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-common_1.2.10-15sarge4_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-ldap_1.2.10-15sarge4_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-mysql_1.2.10-15sarge4_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-pgsql_1.2.10-15sarge4_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd_1.2.10-15sarge4_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-common_1.2.10-15sarge4_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-ldap_1.2.10-15sarge4_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-mysql_1.2.10-15sarge4_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-pgsql_1.2.10-15sarge4_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd_1.2.10-15sarge4_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-common_1.2.10-15sarge4_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-ldap_1.2.10-15sarge4_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-mysql_1.2.10-15sarge4_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-pgsql_1.2.10-15sarge4_ia64.deb
Motorola 680x0:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd_1.2.10-15sarge4_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-common_1.2.10-15sarge4_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-ldap_1.2.10-15sarge4_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-mysql_1.2.10-15sarge4_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-pgsql_1.2.10-15sarge4_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd_1.2.10-15sarge4_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-common_1.2.10-15sarge4_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-ldap_1.2.10-15sarge4_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-mysql_1.2.10-15sarge4_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-pgsql_1.2.10-15sarge4_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd_1.2.10-15sarge4_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-common_1.2.10-15sarge4_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-ldap_1.2.10-15sarge4_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-mysql_1.2.10-15sarge4_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-pgsql_1.2.10-15sarge4_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd_1.2.10-15sarge4_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-common_1.2.10-15sarge4_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-ldap_1.2.10-15sarge4_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-mysql_1.2.10-15sarge4_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-pgsql_1.2.10-15sarge4_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd_1.2.10-15sarge4_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-common_1.2.10-15sarge4_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-ldap_1.2.10-15sarge4_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-mysql_1.2.10-15sarge4_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-pgsql_1.2.10-15sarge4_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd_1.2.10-15sarge4_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-common_1.2.10-15sarge4_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-ldap_1.2.10-15sarge4_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-mysql_1.2.10-15sarge4_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-pgsql_1.2.10-15sarge4_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.