MGASA-2013-0295

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    MGASA-2013-0295

    Published: 5 Oct 2013Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-4359

    Summary: Updated proftpd package fixes security vulnerability

    Details: A bug in ProFTPd's mod_sftp and mod_sftp_pam modules can be used to trigger a large heap allocation and exhaust all available system memory of the underlying operating system (CVE-2013-4359).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0295.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11282, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-September/116668.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: proftpd

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/proftpd?arch=source&distro=mageia-2

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.3.3g-1.3.mga2

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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