Out-of-bounds Read The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package proftpd-dfsg (opens in a new tab)
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-PROFTPDDFSG-610445
- published10 Sept 2020
- disclosed20 Feb 2020
Introduced: 20 Feb 2020
CVE-2020-9272 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:18.04.
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 Ubuntu.
ProFTPD 1.3.7 has an out-of-bounds (OOB) read vulnerability in mod_cap via the cap_text.c cap_to_text function.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2020-9272
- https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/master/RELEASE_NOTES
- https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/issues/902
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-35
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00002.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-679335.pdf