- --------------------------------------------------------------------------Debian Security Advisory DSA 795-1                     security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/                              Michael Stone
September 1st, 2005                     http://www.debian.org/security/faq
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------Package        : proftpd
Vulnerability  : potential code execution
Problem-Type   : format string error
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID         : CAN-2005-2390

infamous42md reported that proftpd suffers from two format string
vulnerabilities. In the first, a user with the ability to create a
directory could trigger the format string error if there is a
proftpd shutdown message configured to use the "%C", "%R", or "%U"
variables. In the second, the error is triggered if mod_sql is used
to retrieve messages from a database and if format strings have been
inserted into the database by a user with permission to do so.

The old stable distribution (woody) is not affected by these
vulnerabilities.

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
- --------------------------------  Source archives:

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          Size/MD5 checksum:      897 1a728465d7d40d224e457809a06bc99c
          Size/MD5 checksum:   127095 88f227abf247ed988fc35203d4108802

  Architecture independent packages:

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  alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)

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          Size/MD5 checksum:   476842 5caa3a66575ae253d0ce1df399d2c145

  amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))

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  arm architecture (ARM)

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  hppa architecture (HP PA RISC)

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  i386 architecture (Intel ia32)



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  ia64 architecture (Intel ia64)

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  m68k architecture (Motorola Mc680x0)

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          Size/MD5 checksum:   187180 764673a0052a9b2b39e94076d764e2bb

  mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian))

          Size/MD5 checksum:   382426 aee4a0de1997e66fb89f3a8b964e716a
          Size/MD5 checksum:   406442 e45275b4fbc4479ffd60849efb79d067
          Size/MD5 checksum:   201640 879687be2b57e8dcc90a8ea1158393ad
          Size/MD5 checksum:   406224 5e522fc33f697d5dbd4df431c0cc9790
          Size/MD5 checksum:   391930 08faf62b0089f29bd019866911c699e1

  mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian))

          Size/MD5 checksum:   201838 239a8377c0a5b2940afe2cf5b86bdaf2
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          Size/MD5 checksum:   384264 dfd8fa9d98bdcda752dc1cf7a88f6582
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          Size/MD5 checksum:   409220 a84d6673ece2d89d4e28f39279f2914e

  powerpc architecture (PowerPC)

          Size/MD5 checksum:   384498 492efa6567a3f8e13b019c7fb05f160e
          Size/MD5 checksum:   411728 2073ec04cf38a1449d4a350c3e55f16f
          Size/MD5 checksum:   412074 f07eb73d8f40955facf41d2d52d67da2
          Size/MD5 checksum:   195382 c6079a29a73a585f060c1ee6037cb93f
          Size/MD5 checksum:   395084 23ec082a6c703f517b3d9fa68ec42d9b

  s390 architecture (IBM S/390)

          Size/MD5 checksum:   193006 1e52c1da9c58b290978b7935a9d58770
          Size/MD5 checksum:   379632 b7ecd26925dd5bf9a69f24e33dd55184
          Size/MD5 checksum:   390112 814e21080d6d95cea596a8dc5747e29f
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          Size/MD5 checksum:   403984 89ff426837c5b0dbfed07f88700f619c

  sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC)

          Size/MD5 checksum:   394824 4b17a185fb614e83739fd7cdc711b63a
          Size/MD5 checksum:   379428 5f182cf8e0303797c78f65f6aa8704a9
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          Size/MD5 checksum:   394700 9a8eb46038f3086f04daef31fea9b821

  These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
  its next update.

- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp:  dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Debian: New proftpd packages fix format string vulnerability

September 1, 2005
Updated package.

Summary

Severity

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