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Red Hat update for vsftpd Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA30341  
Release Date: 2008-05-22

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)


CVE reference:CVE-2007-5962 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
Red Hat has issued an update for vsftpd. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to a memory leak error and can be exploited to exhaust all available memory via specially crafted FTP data if e.g. the "deny_file" option is set.

NOTE: The vulnerability can be exploited via the "anonymous" account. It was introduced in a previously applied, distribution specific patch.

Solution:
Updated packages are available via Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com/

Original Advisory:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0295.html

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=397011



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