Gentoo: GLSA 200611-05 High: Netkit FTP Server Privilege Escalation
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November 10, 2006
An incorrect seteuid() call could allow an FTP user to access some files or directories that would normally be inaccessible.
Summary
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200611-05
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: High
Title: Netkit FTP Server: Privilege escalation
Date: November 10, 2006
Bugs: #150292
ID: 200611-05
Synopsis
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An incorrect seteuid() call could allow an FTP user to access some
files or directories that would normally be inaccessible.
Background
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net-ftp/ftpd is the Linux Netkit FTP server with optional SSL support.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-ftp/ftpd < 0.17-r4 >= 0.17-r4
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Paul Szabo reported that an incorrect seteuid() call after the chdir()
function can allow an attacker to access a normally forbidden
directory, i...
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