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Unscored CVE-2001-0456 EUVD-2001-0452GHSA-vrj6-pf44-5f3r

postinst installation script for Proftpd in Debian 2.2 does not properly change the "run as uid/gid root" configuration when the user enabl…

Published Sep 18, 2001 · Updated Aug 8, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

postinst installation script for Proftpd in Debian 2.2 does not properly change the "run as uid/gid root" configuration when the user enables anonymous access, which causes the server to run at a higher privilege than intended.

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