SB2019110639 - Denial of service in ProFTPD
Published: November 6, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019110639
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-18217)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop in main.c in a child process when handling overly long commands. A remote non-authenticated attacker can perform a denial of service attack by sending an overly log command to the affected FTP server.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.