gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200702-02.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">

<glsa id="200702-02">
  <title>ProFTPD: Local privilege escalation</title>
  <synopsis>
    A flaw in ProFTPD may allow a local attacker to obtain root privileges.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">proftpd</product>
  <announced>February 13, 2007</announced>
  <revised>February 13, 2007: 01</revised>
  <bug>158122</bug>
  <access>local</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-ftp/proftpd" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.3.1_rc1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.3.1_rc1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    ProFTPD is a powerful, configurable, and free FTP daemon.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    A flaw exists in the mod_ctrls module of ProFTPD, normally used to
    allow FTP server administrators to configure the daemon at runtime.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="high">
    <p>
    An FTP server administrator permitted to interact with mod_ctrls could
    potentially compromise the ProFTPD process and execute arbitrary code
    with the privileges of the FTP Daemon, which is normally the root user.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    Disable mod_ctrls, or ensure only trusted users can access this
    feature.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All ProFTPD users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=net-ftp/proftpd-1.3.1_rc1&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6563">CVE-2006-6563</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sat, 10 Feb 2007 19:05:16 +0000">
    falco
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Sat, 10 Feb 2007 23:53:16 +0000">
    falco
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Mon, 12 Feb 2007 23:07:04 +0000">
    taviso
  </metadata>
</glsa>