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Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4559-1 proftpd-dfsg -- security update

Date Reported:

05 Nov 2019

Affected Packages:

proftpd-dfsg

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 942831.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2019-18217.

More information:

Stephan Zeisberg discovered that missing input validation in ProFTPD, a FTP/SFTP/FTPS server, could result in denial of service via an infinite loop.

For the oldstable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.5b-4+deb9u2.

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.6-4+deb10u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your proftpd-dfsg packages.

For the detailed security status of proftpd-dfsg please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/proftpd-dfsg