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ProFTPD mod_sql SQL Injection
Secunia Advisory: SA9078
Release Date: 2003-06-19
Last Update: 2004-12-22
Popularity: 9,122 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Manipulation of data
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:ProFTPD 1.2.x

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in ProFTPD, which can be exploited by malicious people to inject arbitrary SQL code.

The problem is that the user credentials aren't sanitised properly before being used in a SQL query.

This only affects ProFTPD when configured with mod_sql.

A proof of conecpt exploit has been released.

This has been confirmed on a combination of:
- mod_sql v.4.0
- postgresql 7.2.1-2
- proftpd 1.2.8

Solution:
Update to version 1.2.9rc1 or later.

Provided and/or discovered by:
runlevel / -=RareGaZz=-

Changelog:
2004-12-22: Updated "Solution" section.


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