[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2011:1028-1: important: Security update for pure-ftpd, pure-ftpd-debuginfo

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SUSE Security Update: Security update for pure-ftpd, pure-ftpd-debuginfo

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2011:1028-1

Rating: important

References: #685447 #699300 #700335 #703035

Cross-References: CVE-2011-3171

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4

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An update that solves one vulnerability and has three fixes

is now available.

 

Description:

 

 

The OES Netware add-ons in pure-ftpd had a security problem

and some bugs, which are fixed by this update.

 

A local attacker could overwrite local files when the OES

remote server feature of pure-ftpd is enabled due to a

directory traversal. (CVE-2011-3171)

 

Additionally the following bugs have been fixed:

 

* bnc#699300 - FTP remote server navigation does not

always succeed

* bnc#685447 - pure-ftpd does not throw an error when

the name resolution fails during remote server navigation

* bnc#700335 - put files into NCP volumes fails

* bnc#703035 - remote_server feature opens a

vulnerability with directory traversal & file overwriting

 

Security Issue reference:

 

* CVE-2011-3171

 

 

Indications:

 

Please install this update.

 

 

Package List:

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64):

 

pure-ftpd-1.0.22-0.26.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (i586 x86_64):

 

pure-ftpd-1.0.22-0.26.1

 

 

References:

 

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3171.html

https://bugzilla.novell.com/685447

https://bugzilla.novell.com/699300

https://bugzilla.novell.com/700335

https://bugzilla.novell.com/703035

http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=9a99a741b9d38804b2622f8b9adfa22a

 

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