Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.61299
Category:	Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:	RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2008:0579
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory RHSA-2008:0579. vsftpd (Very Secure File Transfer Protocol (FTP) daemon) is a secure FTP server for Linux and Unix-like systems. The version of vsftpd as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 when used in combination with Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) had a memory leak on an invalid authentication attempt. Since vsftpd prior to version 2.0.5 allows any number of invalid attempts on the same connection this memory leak could lead to an eventual DoS. (CVE-2008-2375) This update mitigates this security issue by including a backported patch which terminates a session after a given number of failed log in attempts. The default number of attempts is 3 and this can be configured using the max_login_fails directive. All vsftpd users should upgrade to this updated package, which addresses this vulnerability. Solution: Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0579.html http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate Risk factor : High CVSS Score: 7.1
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-2375 1020546 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020546 20080708 rPSA-2008-0217-1 vsftpd http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494081/100/0/threaded 30364 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30364 31007 http://secunia.com/advisories/31007 31223 http://secunia.com/advisories/31223 32263 http://secunia.com/advisories/32263 ADV-2008-2820 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2820 RHSA-2008:0579 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0579.html RHSA-2008:0680 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0680.html [oss-security] 20080630 CVE-2008-2375 older vsftpd authentication memory leak http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/30/2 http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-398.htm http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0217 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=201051 https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2640 oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10138 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10138
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