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Debian Security Advisory

DLA-1753-1 proftpd-dfsg -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

09 Apr 2019

Affected Packages:

proftpd-dfsg

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 923926.

More information:

Several memory leaks were discovered in proftpd-dfsg, a versatile, virtual-hosting FTP daemon, when mod_facl or mod_sftp is used which could lead to memory exhaustion and a denial-of-service.

For Debian 8 Jessie, this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.5e-0+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your proftpd-dfsg packages.

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