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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200407-04">
+ <title>Pure-FTPd: Potential DoS when maximum connections is reached</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ Pure-FTPd contains a bug potentially allowing a Denial of Service attack
+ when the maximum number of connections is reached.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">Pure-FTPd</product>
+ <announced>2004-07-04</announced>
+ <revised count="02">2006-05-22</revised>
+ <bug>54590</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="net-ftp/pure-ftpd" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">1.0.18-r1</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="le">1.0.18</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ Pure-FTPd is a fast, production-quality and standards-compliant FTP
+ server.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ Pure-FTPd contains a bug in the accept_client function handling the
+ setup of new connections.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ When the maximum number of connections is reached an attacker could
+ exploit this vulnerability to perform a Denial of Service attack.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to
+ upgrade to the latest available version.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All Pure-FTPd users should upgrade to the latest stable version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge sync
+
+ # emerge -pv "&gt;=net-ftp/pure-ftpd-1.0.18-r1"
+ # emerge "&gt;=net-ftp/pure-ftpd-1.0.18-r1"</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="http://www.pureftpd.org">Pure-FTPd website</uri>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0656">CVE-2004-0656</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="submitter">
+ jaervosz
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>