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SUSE: CVE-2017-7418: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2017-7418: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
04/04/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/19/2017
Modified
10/22/2021

Description

ProFTPD before 1.3.5e and 1.3.6 before 1.3.6rc5 controls whether the home directory of a user could contain a symbolic link through the AllowChrootSymlinks configuration option, but checks only the last path component when enforcing AllowChrootSymlinks. Attackers with local access could bypass the AllowChrootSymlinks control by replacing a path component (other than the last one) with a symbolic link. The threat model includes an attacker who is not granted full filesystem access by a hosting provider, but can reconfigure the home directory of an FTP user.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-proftpd
  • suse-upgrade-proftpd-devel
  • suse-upgrade-proftpd-doc
  • suse-upgrade-proftpd-lang
  • suse-upgrade-proftpd-ldap
  • suse-upgrade-proftpd-mysql
  • suse-upgrade-proftpd-pgsql
  • suse-upgrade-proftpd-radius
  • suse-upgrade-proftpd-sqlite

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