MGASA-2015-0485
Updated proftpd packages fix security vulnerabilities
Updated proftpd packages fix security vulnerability:
Part of the SFTP handshake involves "extensions", which are key/value pairs, comprised of strings. In SSH, strings are encoded for network transport as a 32-bit length, followed by the bytes. The mod_sftp module currently places no bounds/length limitations when reading these SFTP extension key/value data from the network. A malicious attacker might attempt to encode large values, and allocate more memory than is necessary, causing excessive resource usage or the FTP daemon to crash (proftpd#4210).
This update also includes a fix for a crash in mod_lang (proftpd#4206).
What each source reports
OSV No score
Updated proftpd packages fix security vulnerabilities
Updated proftpd packages fix security vulnerability:
Part of the SFTP handshake involves "extensions", which are key/value pairs, comprised of strings. In SSH, strings are encoded for network transport as a 32-bit length, followed by the bytes. The mod_sftp module currently places no bounds/length limitations when reading these SFTP extension key/value data from the network. A malicious attacker might attempt to encode large values, and allocate more memory than is necessary, causing excessive resource usage or the FTP daemon to crash (proftpd#4210).
This update also includes a fix for a crash in mod_lang (proftpd#4206).
- Record
MGASA-2015-0485- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
proftpdMageia:5 |
before 1.3.5-5.1.mga5 | 1.3.5-5.1.mga5 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
MGASA-2015-0485 is a vulnerability with no CVSS score yet in proftpd, published December 24, 2015. No source lists public exploit code. Fixed in proftpd 1.3.5-5.1.mga5.
References
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0485.html
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17336
bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4206
bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4210
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171090.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/173656.html