USN-4515-1: Pure-FTPd vulnerability
17 September 2020
Pure-FTPd could be made to expose sensitive information if it recieved specially crafted input.
Releases
Packages
- pure-ftpd - Secure and efficient FTP server
Details
Antonio Norales discovered that Pure-FTPd incorrectly handled directory
aliases. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive
information. (CVE-2020-9274)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 16.04
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pure-ftpd
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1.0.36-3.2+deb8u1build0.16.04.1
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pure-ftpd-common
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1.0.36-3.2+deb8u1build0.16.04.1
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pure-ftpd-ldap
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1.0.36-3.2+deb8u1build0.16.04.1
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pure-ftpd-mysql
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1.0.36-3.2+deb8u1build0.16.04.1
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pure-ftpd-postgresql
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1.0.36-3.2+deb8u1build0.16.04.1
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.