DSA-795-2 proftpd -- potential code execution

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-795-2 proftpd -- potential code execution

Date Reported:

01 Sep 2005

Affected Packages:

proftpd

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-2390.

More information:

infamous42md reported that proftpd suffers from two format string vulnerabilities. In the first, a user with the ability to create a directory could trigger the format string error if there is a proftpd shutdown message configured to use the "%C", "%R", or "%U" variables. In the second, the error is triggered if mod_sql is used to retrieve messages from a database and if format strings have been inserted into the database by a user with permission to do so.

The old stable distribution (woody) is not affected by these vulnerabilities.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.10-15sarge1. There was an error in the packages originally prepared for i386, which was corrected in 1.2.10-15sarge1.0.1 for i386.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.10-20.

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.orig.tar.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd_1.2.10-15sarge1.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd_1.2.10-15sarge1.diff.gz

Architecture-independent component:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-doc_1.2.10-15sarge1_all.deb

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd_1.2.10-15sarge1_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-ldap_1.2.10-15sarge1_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-pgsql_1.2.10-15sarge1_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-common_1.2.10-15sarge1_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-mysql_1.2.10-15sarge1_alpha.deb

AMD64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-common_1.2.10-15sarge1_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd_1.2.10-15sarge1_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-mysql_1.2.10-15sarge1_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-pgsql_1.2.10-15sarge1_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-ldap_1.2.10-15sarge1_amd64.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-common_1.2.10-15sarge1_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-ldap_1.2.10-15sarge1_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-mysql_1.2.10-15sarge1_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd_1.2.10-15sarge1_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-pgsql_1.2.10-15sarge1_arm.deb

HP Precision:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-common_1.2.10-15sarge1_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd_1.2.10-15sarge1_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-mysql_1.2.10-15sarge1_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-pgsql_1.2.10-15sarge1_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-ldap_1.2.10-15sarge1_hppa.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-mysql_1.2.10-15sarge1.0.1_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-pgsql_1.2.10-15sarge1.0.1_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-common_1.2.10-15sarge1.0.1_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-ldap_1.2.10-15sarge1.0.1_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd_1.2.10-15sarge1.0.1_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-common_1.2.10-15sarge1_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-ldap_1.2.10-15sarge1_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd_1.2.10-15sarge1_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-pgsql_1.2.10-15sarge1_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-mysql_1.2.10-15sarge1_ia64.deb

Motorola 680x0:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd_1.2.10-15sarge1_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-mysql_1.2.10-15sarge1_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-ldap_1.2.10-15sarge1_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-pgsql_1.2.10-15sarge1_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-common_1.2.10-15sarge1_m68k.deb

Big-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd_1.2.10-15sarge1_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-mysql_1.2.10-15sarge1_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-common_1.2.10-15sarge1_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-pgsql_1.2.10-15sarge1_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-ldap_1.2.10-15sarge1_mips.deb

Little-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-common_1.2.10-15sarge1_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-mysql_1.2.10-15sarge1_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd_1.2.10-15sarge1_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-ldap_1.2.10-15sarge1_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-pgsql_1.2.10-15sarge1_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd_1.2.10-15sarge1_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-pgsql_1.2.10-15sarge1_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-mysql_1.2.10-15sarge1_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-common_1.2.10-15sarge1_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-ldap_1.2.10-15sarge1_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-common_1.2.10-15sarge1_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd_1.2.10-15sarge1_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-ldap_1.2.10-15sarge1_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-pgsql_1.2.10-15sarge1_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-mysql_1.2.10-15sarge1_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-mysql_1.2.10-15sarge1_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-ldap_1.2.10-15sarge1_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd_1.2.10-15sarge1_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-common_1.2.10-15sarge1_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/proftpd/proftpd-pgsql_1.2.10-15sarge1_sparc.deb

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

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