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Red Hat update for vsftpd
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA31223
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Release Date:
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2008-07-25
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Last Update:
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2008-10-23
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Popularity:
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3,713 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: | Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 4
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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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.
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