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Debian: CVE-2019-18217: proftpd-dfsg -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2019-18217: proftpd-dfsg -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
10/21/2019
Created
10/30/2019
Added
10/29/2019
Modified
02/10/2020

Description

ProFTPD before 1.3.6b and 1.3.7rc before 1.3.7rc2 allows remote unauthenticated denial-of-service due to incorrect handling of overly long commands because main.c in a child process enters an infinite loop.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-proftpd-dfsg

References

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