Bug 1164574 (CVE-2020-9273)

Summary:	VUL-0: CVE-2020-9273: proftpd: possibility of corrupting memory pool by interrupting the data transfer channel
Product:	[openSUSE] openSUSE Distribution	Reporter:	Alexandros Toptsoglou <atoptsoglou>
Component:	Security	Assignee:	Christian Wittmer <chris>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:	Security Team bot <security-team>
Severity:	Normal
Priority:	P3 - Medium	CC:	security-team
Version:	Leap 15.1
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	Other
OS:	Other
URL:	https://smash.suse.de/issue/253472/
Whiteboard:
Found By:	Security Response Team	Services Priority:
Business Priority:		Blocker:	---
Marketing QA Status:	---	IT Deployment:	---

Description Alexandros Toptsoglou 2020-02-21 15:10:02 UTC

CVE-2020-9273

In ProFTPD 1.3.7, it is possible to corrupt the memory pool by interrupting
the data transfer channel. This triggers a use-after-free in alloc_pool in
pool.c, and possible remote code execution.

References:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2020-9273
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2020/CVE-2020-9273.html

Comment 1 Christian Wittmer 2020-02-24 16:50:41 UTC

ongoing work ...

Comment 2 Swamp Workflow Management 2020-02-24 17:50:10 UTC

This is an autogenerated message for OBS integration:
This bug (1164574) was mentioned in
https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/778858 Factory / proftpd

Comment 3 Swamp Workflow Management 2020-02-24 21:50:09 UTC

This is an autogenerated message for OBS integration:
This bug (1164574) was mentioned in
https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/778895 15.1+Backports:SLE-15+Backports:SLE-15-SP1 / proftpd

Comment 4 Swamp Workflow Management 2020-03-01 20:16:09 UTC

openSUSE-SU-2020:0273-1: An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

Category: security (moderate)
Bug References: 1164572,1164574
CVE References: CVE-2020-9272,CVE-2020-9273
Sources used:
openSUSE Leap 15.1 (src):    proftpd-1.3.6c-lp151.3.9.1
openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1 (src):    proftpd-1.3.6c-bp151.4.9.1
openSUSE Backports SLE-15 (src):    proftpd-1.3.6c-bp150.3.9.1

Comment 5 Christian Wittmer 2020-05-04 08:41:49 UTC

can we close this ?

Comment 6 Alexandros Toptsoglou 2020-05-04 08:43:09 UTC

Done