SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ Mailing List: BugTraqLink Number One Link Number One Link Number Two Link Number Two Link Number One Link Number One Link Number Two Link Number Two Entire Site Advisories Calendar Columnists Elsewhere Guest Feature Infocus Library Links Mailing Lists (all) -- BUGTRAQ -- FOCUS-IDS -- FOCUS-IH -- FOCUS-LINUX -- FOCUS-MS -- FOCUS-SUN -- FOCUS-VIRUS -- FORENSICS -- INCIDENTS -- PEN-TEST -- SEC JOBS -- SF NEWS -- VULN-DEV News Products Services Tools Vulns BUGTRAQ ARCHIVE [ Message Index ] [ Thread Index ][ Reply ] [ prev Msg by Date ][ next Msg by Date ] To: BugTraq Subject: [slackware-security] ProFTPD Security Advisory (SSA:2003-259-02) Date: Sep 24 2003 6:06AM Author: Slackware Security Team Message-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] ProFTPD Security Advisory (SSA:2003-259-02) Upgraded ProFTPD packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0 and - -current. These fix a security issue where an attacker could gain a root shell by downloading a specially crafted file. Here are the details from the Slackware 9.0 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ Tue Sep 23 14:43:10 PDT 2003 n/proftpd-1.2.8p-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to proftpd-1.2.8p (patched). This fixes a security problem in ProFTPD. From http://www.proftpd.org: X-Force Research at ISS has discovered a remote exploit in ProFTPD's handling of ASCII translations that an attacker, by downloading a carefully crafted file, can exploit and gain a root shell. The source distributions on ftp.proftpd.org have all been replaced with patched versions. All ProFTPD users are strongly urged to upgrade to one of the patched versions as soon as possible. Note that the upgraded package does not change the displayed version number to 1.2.8p (it remains 1.2.8), but we've verified the source code to make sure that this is in fact the patched version. We recommend all sites running ProFTPD upgrade to the new package right away. (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ WHERE TO FIND THE NEW PACKAGES: +-----------------------------+ Updated package for Slackware 8.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.1/patches/packages/proftpd-1.2.8p- i386-1.tgz Updated package for Slackware 9.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.0/patches/packages/proftpd-1.2.8p- i386-1.tgz Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/proftpd-1.2.8p- i486-1.tgz MD5 SIGNATURES: +-------------+ Slackware 8.1 package: 8b31d10bab91a0d4a22c7eac69a90087 proftpd-1.2.8p-i386-1.tgz Slackware 9.0 package: 391d5e24bade1ff98281465d230ddad5 proftpd-1.2.8p-i386-1.tgz Slackware -current package: 2636a2306a6acb0d8726995de9013678 proftpd-1.2.8p-i486-1.tgz INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS: +------------------------+ Upgrade using upgradepkg (as root): # upgradepkg proftpd-1.2.8p-i386-1.tgz +-----+ Slackware Linux Security Team http://slackware.com/gpg-key security slackware com +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | HOW TO REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THIS MAILING LIST: | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Send an email to majordomo slackware com with this text in the body of | | the email message: | | | | unsubscribe slackware-security | | | | You will get a confirmation message back. Follow the instructions to | | complete the unsubscription. Do not reply to this message to | | unsubscribe! | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/cS5vakRjwEAQIjMRAkFrAJwJKwrmG8uQcfV7F2t7iYLJc0Ct2wCfU+Ju iXVgdLU5x2/hPLKAZqo0qXU= =IFC8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Want to link to this message? Use this URL: Disclaimer, Terms & Conditions About this List Featured Lists: ARIS Users bugtraq bugtraq-es bugtraq-french NEW bugtraq-jp firewalls focus-ids focus-ih focus-linux focus-ms focus-sun focus-unix-other focus-virus forensics forensics-es honeypots incidents libnet pen-test secevents secpapers secprog sectools secureshell security-basics security-management NEW securityjobs vpn vuln-dev webappsec Newsletters: sf-news ms-secnews linux-secnews [ more . . . ] Privacy Statement Copyright © 1999-2003 SecurityFocus