vsftpd: Denial of Service

vsftpd: Denial of Service A Denial of Service vulnerability was found in vsftpd. vsftpd October 10, 2011 October 10, 2011: 1 357001 remote 2.3.4 2.3.4

vsftpd is a very secure FTP daemon written with speed, size and security in mind.

A Denial of Service vulnerability was discovered in vsftpd. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.

A remote authenticated attacker could cause a Denial of Service.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All vsftpd users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-ftp/vsftpd-2.3.4"

CVE-2011-0762 craig keytoaster