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High USN-7297-1 3 CVEs

ProFTPD vulnerabilities

Published Feb 25, 2025 · Updated Apr 27, 2026

Summary

Fabian Bäumer, Marcus Brinkmann, and Jörg Schwenk discovered that the
transport protocol implementation in ProFTPD had weak integrity checks.
An attacker could use this vulnerability to bypass security features
like encryption and integrity checks. (CVE-2023-48795)

Martin Mirchev discovered that ProFTPD did not properly validate user
input over the network. An attacker could use this vulnerability to
crash ProFTPD or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-51713)

Brian Ristuccia discovered that ProFTPD incorrectly inherited groups
from the parent process. An attacker could use this vulnerability to
elevate privileges. (CVE-2024-48651)

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS proftpd-dfsg 1.3.6c-2ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS proftpd-dfsg 1.3.7c+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu · 24.04 LTS 24.04:LTS proftpd-dfsg 1.3.8.b+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1

Vulnerabilities 3

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-48795
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-51713
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-48651