SB2011040702 - Fedora EPEL 5 update for proftpd
Published: April 7, 2011 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2011040702
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-1137)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
Integer overflow in the mod_sftp (aka SFTP) module in ProFTPD 1.3.3d and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption leading to OOM kill) via a malformed SSH message.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.