SB2020050644 - Fedora 32 update for pure-ftpd
Published: May 6, 2020 Updated: April 25, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020050644
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
2
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-9365)
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the pure_strcmp function in utils.c. A remote authenticated user can use a specially crafted FTP command to trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.
2) Access of Uninitialized Pointer (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-9274)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.
The vulnerability exists due to access to an uninitialized pointer in init_aliases() function in diraliases.c when processing liked. A remote user with ability to create aliases can crash the server.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.