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Debian 3.1: DSA 795-1 Critical: Proftpd Format String Exploit

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Calendar Grey September 1, 2005
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Debian security alert DSA 796-1 highlights vulnerabilities in openssh. Users urged to update for enhanced protection.
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Summary


For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.2.10-15sarge1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.2.10-20.

We recommend that you upgrade your proftpd package.


Upgrade Instructions
- --------------------wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:

apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages

You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.


Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge

Size/MD5 checksum: 920495 7d2bc5b4b1eef459a78e55c027a4f3c4
Size/MD5 checksum: 897 1a728465d7d40d224e457809a06bc99c
Size/MD5 checksum: 127095 88f227abf247ed988fc35203d4108802

Architecture independent packages:

Size/MD5...

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