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proftpd: authentication bypass

Package(s):proftpd CVE #(s):CVE-2007-2165
Created:June 21, 2007 Updated:November 5, 2007
Description: The ProFTPD Auth API has an authentication bypass vulnerability. When multiple simultaneous authentication modules are configured, the ProFTPD module that checks authentication is not necessarily the same module that retrieves authentication data. This can be used by remote attackers to bypass the authentication system.
Alerts:
Fedora FEDORA-2007-2613 2007-11-05
Mandriva MDKSA-2007:130 2007-06-20
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