openSUSE Security Update: Security update for uftpd
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2020:0865-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1172959
Cross-References: CVE-2020-14149
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.1
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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

This update for uftpd fixes the following issues:

uftpd was updated to version 2.12.

Changes:

* Use common log message format and log level when user enters an invalid
path. This unfortunately affects changes introduced in v2.11 to increase
logging at default log level.

Security fixes:

– CVE-2020-14149: When entering an invalid directory with the FTP command
CWD, a NULL ptr was deref. in a DBG() message even though the log level
is set to a value lower than LOG_DEBUG. This caused uftpd to crash and
cause denial of service. Depending on the init/inetd system used this
could be permanent. (boo#1172959)

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or “zypper patch”.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

– openSUSE Leap 15.1:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2020-865=1

Package List:

– openSUSE Leap 15.1 (x86_64):

uftpd-2.12-lp151.2.6.1
uftpd-debuginfo-2.12-lp151.2.6.1
uftpd-debugsource-2.12-lp151.2.6.1

References:

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14149.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1172959

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