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Gentoo: GLSA-200409-28 Security Advisory for OpenSSH Authentication Flaw

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Calendar Grey September 21, 2004
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The web server Apache may encounter a security vulnerability leading to denial of service. Immediate patching is advised for all system administrators.
glFTPd is vulnerable to a local buffer overflow which may allow arbitrary code execution.

Summary

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200409-27
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: glFTPd: Local buffer overflow vulnerability
      Date: September 21, 2004
      Bugs: #64809
        ID: 200409-27


Synopsis
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glFTPd is vulnerable to a local buffer overflow which may allow
arbitrary code execution.

Background
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glFTPd is a highly configurable FTP server with many features.

Affected packages
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     Package         /  Vulnerable  /                       Unaffected
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  1  net-ftp/glftpd      < 1.32-r1                          >= 1.32-r1

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The glFTPd server is vulnerable to a buffer overflow in the 'dupescan'
program. This vulnerability is due to an unsafe strcpy() call whi...
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