Summary
The remote host is missing an update to proftpd
announced via advisory FEDORA-2009-0089.
Solution
Apply the appropriate updates.
This update can be installed with the yum update program. Use su -c 'yum update proftpd' at the command line.
For more information, refer to Managing Software with yum, available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2009-0089
Insight
Update Information:
This update fixes a security issue where an attacker could conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks and execute arbitrary FTP commands. It also fixes some SSL shutdown issues seen with certain clients.
ChangeLog:
* Fri Jan 2 2009 Matthias Saou 1.3.1-8
- Update default configuration to have a lit of available modules and more example configuration for them.
- Include patches to fix TLS issues (#457280).
* Fri Jan 2 2009 Matthias Saou 1.3.1-7
- Add Debian patch to fix CSRF vulnerability (#464127, upstream #3115).
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2008-4242 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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