Bug 1439696 - CVE-2017-7418 proftpd: AllowChrootSymlinks control bypass [epel-all]
Summary: CVE-2017-7418 proftpd: AllowChrootSymlinks control bypass [epel-all]
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora EPEL
Classification: Fedora
Component: proftpd
Version: epel7
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Itamar Reis Peixoto
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: CVE-2017-7418
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-04-06 12:10 UTC by Andrej Nemec
Modified: 2017-05-19 14:57 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version: proftpd-1.3.5e-2.el7
Doc Type: Release Note
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Last Closed: 2017-05-19 14:57:32 UTC
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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-04-06 12:10:23 UTC
This is an automatically created tracking bug!  It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of epel-all.

For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.

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Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2017-04-06 12:10:28 UTC
Use the following template to for the 'fedpkg update' request to submit an
update for this issue as it contains the top-level parent bug(s) as well as
this tracking bug.  This will ensure that all associated bugs get updated
when new packages are pushed to stable.

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# bugfix, security, enhancement, newpackage (required)
type=security

# testing, stable
request=testing

# Bug numbers: 1234,9876
bugs=1439693

# Description of your update
notes=Security fix for [PUT CVEs HERE]

# Enable request automation based on the stable/unstable karma thresholds
autokarma=True
stable_karma=3
unstable_karma=-3

# Automatically close bugs when this marked as stable
close_bugs=True

# Suggest that users restart after update
suggest_reboot=False

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Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2017-04-10 15:37:28 UTC
proftpd-1.3.5e-1.el7 has been submitted as an update to Fedora EPEL 7. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2017-b9db4ff3ec

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2017-04-10 21:49:26 UTC
proftpd-1.3.5e-1.el7 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2017-b9db4ff3ec

Comment 4 Paul Howarth 2017-04-11 09:53:24 UTC
The AllowChrootSymlinks directive was introduced in proftpd version 1.3.5.

The version of proftpd shipped in EPEL-6 is 1.3.3g, which therefore does not support this directive; it is effectively the same as "AllowChrootSymlinks yes" in current proftpd versions (which is the default).

I currently do not intend to issue an update for EPEL-6 for this issue; users of proftpd from EPEL-6 should take care to ensure that there are no directory elements between the root directory and their users' home directories that could be renamed/overwritten by non-root local users, either symbolic links or real directories. These would present a general security issue anyway, not just for proftpd.

Upstream documentation:
http://www.proftpd.org/docs/modules/mod_auth.html#AllowChrootSymlinks
http://www.proftpd.org/docs/howto/Chroot.html
http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4295

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2017-05-03 15:11:47 UTC
proftpd-1.3.5e-2.el7 has been submitted as an update to Fedora EPEL 7. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2017-f057518fbd

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2017-05-04 18:55:16 UTC
proftpd-1.3.5e-2.el7 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2017-f057518fbd

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2017-05-19 14:57:32 UTC
proftpd-1.3.5e-2.el7 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.


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