SB2020012746 - Fedora EPEL 7 update for pure-ftpd



SB2020012746 - Fedora EPEL 7 update for pure-ftpd

Published: January 27, 2020 Updated: April 25, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2020012746
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-20176)

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a stack exhaustion issue in the listdir() function in ls.c. A remote authenticated user can use a specially crafted LS command to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.