Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1218-1 proftpd -- programming error

Date Reported:
21 Nov 2006
Affected Packages:
proftpd
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 399070.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2006-6171.
More information:

It was discovered that the proftpd FTP daemon performs insufficient validation of FTP command buffer size limits, which may lead to denial of service.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.10-15sarge2.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.0-13 of the proftpd-dfsg package.

We recommend that you upgrade your proftpd package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd_1.2.10-15sarge2.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd_1.2.10-15sarge2.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd_1.2.10.orig.tar.gz
Architecture-independent component:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-doc_1.2.10-15sarge2_all.deb
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd_1.2.10-15sarge2_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-common_1.2.10-15sarge2_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-ldap_1.2.10-15sarge2_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-mysql_1.2.10-15sarge2_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-pgsql_1.2.10-15sarge2_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd_1.2.10-15sarge2_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-common_1.2.10-15sarge2_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-ldap_1.2.10-15sarge2_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-mysql_1.2.10-15sarge2_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-pgsql_1.2.10-15sarge2_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd_1.2.10-15sarge2_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-common_1.2.10-15sarge2_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-ldap_1.2.10-15sarge2_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-mysql_1.2.10-15sarge2_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-pgsql_1.2.10-15sarge2_arm.deb
HPPA:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd_1.2.10-15sarge2_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-common_1.2.10-15sarge2_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-ldap_1.2.10-15sarge2_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-mysql_1.2.10-15sarge2_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-pgsql_1.2.10-15sarge2_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd_1.2.10-15sarge2_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-common_1.2.10-15sarge2_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-ldap_1.2.10-15sarge2_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-mysql_1.2.10-15sarge2_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-pgsql_1.2.10-15sarge2_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd_1.2.10-15sarge2_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-common_1.2.10-15sarge2_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-ldap_1.2.10-15sarge2_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-mysql_1.2.10-15sarge2_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-pgsql_1.2.10-15sarge2_ia64.deb
Motorola 680x0:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd_1.2.10-15sarge2_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-common_1.2.10-15sarge2_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-ldap_1.2.10-15sarge2_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-mysql_1.2.10-15sarge2_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-pgsql_1.2.10-15sarge2_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd_1.2.10-15sarge2_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-common_1.2.10-15sarge2_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-ldap_1.2.10-15sarge2_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-mysql_1.2.10-15sarge2_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-pgsql_1.2.10-15sarge2_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd_1.2.10-15sarge2_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-common_1.2.10-15sarge2_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-ldap_1.2.10-15sarge2_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-mysql_1.2.10-15sarge2_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-pgsql_1.2.10-15sarge2_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd_1.2.10-15sarge2_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-common_1.2.10-15sarge2_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-ldap_1.2.10-15sarge2_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-mysql_1.2.10-15sarge2_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-pgsql_1.2.10-15sarge2_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd_1.2.10-15sarge2_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-common_1.2.10-15sarge2_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-ldap_1.2.10-15sarge2_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-mysql_1.2.10-15sarge2_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-pgsql_1.2.10-15sarge2_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd_1.2.10-15sarge2_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-common_1.2.10-15sarge2_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-ldap_1.2.10-15sarge2_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-mysql_1.2.10-15sarge2_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-pgsql_1.2.10-15sarge2_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.