| Name | CVE-2019-18217 |
| Description | ProFTPD before 1.3.6b and 1.3.7rc before 1.3.7rc2 allows remote unauthenticated denial-of-service due to incorrect handling of overly long commands because main.c in a child process enters an infinite loop. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1974-1, DSA-4559-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 942831 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| proftpd-dfsg (PTS) | buster | 1.3.6-4+deb10u6 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 1.3.6-4+deb10u4 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1.3.7a+dfsg-12+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.3.8+dfsg-4+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1.3.8.a+dfsg-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/commit/13fe9462787b9a551152162f46f1641d65fe4df4
https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/issues/846