[Secure-testing-team] Bug#723179: proftpd-dfsg: CVE-2013-4359

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Package: proftpd-dfsg
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for proftpd-dfsg.

CVE-2013-4359[0]:
mod_sftp/mod_sftp_pam invalid pool allocation during kbdint authentication

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

As far I can read in references however, keyboard interactive
authentication is rare as not enabled by default.

For further information see:

[0] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4359
    http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4359
[1] http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=137914240227778&w=2

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore