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Red Hat update for vsftpd
Release Date: 2008-07-25 Last Update: 2008-10-23 Views: 6,161
Secunia Advisory SA31223
Where:
From remote
Impact:
DoS,
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Operating System:
CVE Reference(s):
Description
Red Hat 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:
Updated packages are available via Red Hat Network.
Further details available to Secunia VIM customers
Original Advisory:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0579.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0680.html
Deep Links:
Links available to Secunia VIM customers
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Please provide information about patches, mitigating factors, new versions, exploits, faulty patches, links, and other relevant data by posting comments to this Advisory. You can also send this information to vuln@secunia.com
Subject: Red Hat update for vsftpd
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