Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 15:39:14 -0400
From: Cristian Gafton <gafton@REDHAT.COM>
To: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM
Subject: [SECURITY] RHSA-1999:034 New proftpd packages available
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Red Hat, Inc. Security Advisory
Synopsis: Buffer overflow in proftpd
Advisory ID: RHSA-1999:034-01
Issue date: 1999-08-31
Ключевые слова:, proftpd, buffer, overflow, remote, exploit, (найти похожие документы)
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1. Topic:
proftpd is a ftp server that is shipped by Red Hat as part of the Powertools
CD collection. It is not enabled nor installed by default. However, if you
have switched to proftpd and you are using the version shipped on the Red
Hat Powertoold 6.0 CD you are at risk.
2. Bug IDs fixed:
N/A
3. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Linux 6.0, all architectures
4. Obsoleted by:
5. Conflicts with:
6. RPMs required:
Intel:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.0/i386/proftpd-1.2.0pre3-6.i386.rpm
Alpha:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.0/alpha/proftpd-1.2.0pre3-6.alpha.rpm
Sparc:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.0/sparc/proftpd-1.2.0pre3-6.sparc.rpm
Source packages:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.0/SRPMS/proftpd-1.2.0pre3-6.src.rpm
7. Problem description:
An explotable buffer overflow security problem in the proftpd daemon has
been fixed. The vulnerability is actively exploited on the Internet and site
administrators are stronly advised to upgrade to the new packages.
Thanks to the members of the BUGTRAQ mailing list and Nic Bellamy for
providing a fix.
8. Solution:
For each RPM for your particular architecture, run:
rpm -Uvh <filename>
where filename is the name of the RPM.
9. Verification:
MD5 sum Package Name
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71dfdb94daea8b6f043016ff25d80ccc i386/proftpd-1.2.0pre3-6.i386.rpm
a8f2d44de9fb5607c5a43c761af5f1a2 alpha/proftpd-1.2.0pre3-6.alpha.rpm
9091ad2a484b85263576c4a6b3c8b4ab sparc/proftpd-1.2.0pre3-6.sparc.rpm
5e374a647f6fd104046b726bf221b3cd SRPMS/proftpd-1.2.0pre3-6.src.rpm
These packages are PGP signed by Red Hat Inc. for security. Our key
is available at:
http://www.redhat.com/corp/contact.html
You can verify each package with the following command:
rpm --checksig <filename>
If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or
tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command:
rpm --checksig --nopgp <filename>
10. References:
Cristian
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Cristian Gafton -- gafton@redhat.com -- Red Hat, Inc.
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"How could this be a problem in a country where we have Intel and
Microsoft?" --Al Gore on Y2K
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