[ GLSA 201309-15 ] ProFTPD: Multiple vulnerabilities

[GLSA]

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Title: ProFTPD: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201309-15)
Severity: high
Exploitable: local, remote
Date: September 24, 2013
Bug(s): #305343, #343389, #348998, #354080, #361963, #390075, #450746, #484614
ID: 201309-15

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in ProFTPD, the worst of
which leading to remote execution of arbitrary code.


Background

ProFTPD is an advanced and very configurable FTP server.

Affected Packages

Package: net-ftp/proftpd
Vulnerable: < 1.3.4d
Unaffected: >= 1.3.4d
Architectures: All supported architectures


Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in ProFTPD. Please review
the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.


Impact

A context-dependent attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with
the privileges of the process, perform man-in-the-middle attacks to spoof
arbitrary SSL servers, cause a Denial of Service condition, or read and
modify arbitrary files.


Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All ProFTPD users should upgrade to the latest version: