Race Condition Affecting proftpd-dfsg package, versions <1.3.4a-3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-PROFTPDDFSG-336409
  • published24 Jan 2013
  • disclosed24 Jan 2013

Introduced: 24 Jan 2013

CVE-2012-6095  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 proftpd-dfsg to version 1.3.4a-3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream proftpd-dfsg package and not the proftpd-dfsg package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

ProFTPD before 1.3.5rc1, when using the UserOwner directive, allows local users to modify the ownership of arbitrary files via a race condition and a symlink attack on the (1) MKD or (2) XMKD commands.

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