SB2020050647 - Fedora EPEL 8 update for pure-ftpd

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SB2020050647 - Fedora EPEL 8 update for pure-ftpd

Published: May 6, 2020 Updated: April 25, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2020050647
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.


1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-9365)

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the pure_strcmp function in utils.c. A remote authenticated user can use a specially crafted FTP command to trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.

2) Access of Uninitialized Pointer (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-9274)

CWE-ID: CWE-824 - Access of Uninitialized Pointer

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.

The vulnerability exists due to access to an uninitialized pointer in init_aliases() function in diraliases.c when processing liked. A remote user with ability to create aliases can crash the server.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References