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postinst installation script for Proftpd in Debian 2.2...

High severity Unreviewed Published Apr 30, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 30, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

postinst installation script for Proftpd in Debian 2.2 does not properly change the "run as uid/gid root" configuration when the user enables anonymous access, which causes the server to run at a higher privilege than intended.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jun 27, 2001
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Apr 30, 2022
Last updated Jan 30, 2023

Severity

High

EPSS score

2.891%
(91st percentile)

Weaknesses

No CWEs

CVE ID

CVE-2001-0456

GHSA ID

GHSA-vrj6-pf44-5f3r

Source code

No known source code

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