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[GLSA-200407-04] Pure-FTPd: Potential DoS when maximum connections is reached

Family:

Gentoo Local Security Checks

Category:

infos

Copyright:

(C) 2004 Michel Arboi

Summary:

Pure-FTPd: Potential DoS when maximum connections is reached

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $

Cve_id:

-

Bugtraq_id:

-

Xrefs:

GLSA:200407-04

Description:

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200407-04
(Pure-FTPd: Potential DoS when maximum connections is reached)


Pure-FTPd contains a bug in the accept_client function handling the setup
of new connections.

Impact

When the maximum number of connections is reached an attacker could exploit
this vulnerability to perform a Denial of Service attack.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to
upgrade to the latest available version.

References:
http://www.pureftpd.org


Solution:
All Pure-FTPd users should upgrade to the latest stable version:
# emerge sync
# emerge -pv ">=net-ftp/pure-ftpd-1.0.18-r1"
# emerge ">=net-ftp/pure-ftpd-1.0.18-r1"


Risk Factor : Medium