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ELSA-2011-0337 Important: Oracle Linux vsftpd security update

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ELSA-2011-0337 Important: Oracle Linux vsftpd security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/02/2011
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/20/2011
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

The vsf_filename_passes_filter function in ls.c in vsftpd before 2.3.3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and process slot exhaustion) via crafted glob expressions in STAT commands in multiple FTP sessions, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2632.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-vsftpd

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