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Debian: DSA 795-2 Critical: ProFTPD Format String Flaw Fixed

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Calendar Grey September 2, 2005
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Debian Security Notice DSA 795-2 deals with a vulnerability in proftpd's format string, outlining upgrade instructions for safeguarding against potential threats.
Updated package.

Summary


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: 371596 bd3d82221561e281e11d4583ce384b4f
Size/MD5 checksum: 189462 05f1c13c671f2576e119bfc316d01814
Size/MD5 checksum: 381726 b2d469c77fed2de5d35c325226556b02
Size/MD5 checksum: 397092 ef73f4b69701c8e88454f56887ed5b35
Size/MD5 checksum: 396948 42aaaeb976a9395550efc9667aa4ff31

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

For dpkg-ftp: dists/stable/updates/main


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