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USN-6379-1: vsftpd vulnerability

18 September 2023

vsftpd could allow unintended access to network services.

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Releases

Packages

  • vsftpd - FTP server written for security

Details

It was discovered that vsftpd was vulnerable to the ALPACA TLS protocol
content confusion attack. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue
to redirect traffic from one subdomain to another.

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 20.04

This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug
fixes. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.

References

Related notices

  • USN-5371-1: libnginx-mod-http-uploadprogress, libnginx-mod-http-fancyindex, libnginx-mod-nchan, libnginx-mod-http-geoip2, libnginx-mod-http-subs-filter, libnginx-mod-rtmp, libnginx-mod-http-auth-pam, libnginx-mod-http-geoip, nginx-common, nginx-extras, libnginx-mod-http-xslt-filter, libnginx-mod-http-headers-more-filter, libnginx-mod-http-echo, nginx-light, libnginx-mod-stream, libnginx-mod-http-ndk, libnginx-mod-http-cache-purge, nginx, nginx-core, libnginx-mod-http-lua, libnginx-mod-mail, libnginx-mod-http-dav-ext, libnginx-mod-http-perl, libnginx-mod-http-image-filter, libnginx-mod-stream-geoip2, libnginx-mod-http-upstream-fair, nginx-doc, nginx-full, libnginx-mod-stream-geoip
  • USN-5371-2: libnginx-mod-http-uploadprogress, libnginx-mod-http-fancyindex, libnginx-mod-nchan, libnginx-mod-http-geoip2, libnginx-mod-http-subs-filter, libnginx-mod-rtmp, libnginx-mod-http-auth-pam, libnginx-mod-http-geoip, nginx-common, nginx-extras, libnginx-mod-http-xslt-filter, libnginx-mod-http-headers-more-filter, libnginx-mod-http-echo, nginx-light, libnginx-mod-stream, libnginx-mod-http-ndk, libnginx-mod-http-cache-purge, nginx, nginx-core, libnginx-mod-mail, libnginx-mod-http-dav-ext, libnginx-mod-http-perl, libnginx-mod-http-image-filter, libnginx-mod-stream-geoip2, libnginx-mod-http-upstream-fair, nginx-doc, nginx-full, libnginx-mod-stream-geoip