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rPath update for vsftpd
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA31007
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Release Date:
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2008-07-09
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Popularity:
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1,527 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | rPath Linux 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2008-2375
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Description:
rPath has issued an update for vsftpd. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to a memory leak when using PAM and can be exploited to exhaust all available memory via multiple invalid authentication requests.
Solution:
Update to "vsftpd=conary.rpath.com@rpl:1/2.0.3-13.4-1".
Provided and/or discovered by:
Originally reported via a Red Hat bug report.
Original Advisory:
http://lists.rpath.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008-July/000367.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=453376
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