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Slackware 11.0: SSA:2006-335-02 Critical: ProFTPD Remote Execution

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Calendar Grey December 1, 2006
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Enhance and fortify your Arch Linux environment by installing updated vsftpd packages that tackle remote exploit vulnerabilities and bolster overall security.
New proftpd packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and 11.0 to fix security issues

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 11.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/proftpd-1.3.0a-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz: Upgraded to proftpd-1.3.0a plus an additional security patch. Several security issues were found in proftpd that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code by a remote attacker, including one in mod_tls that does not require the attacker to be authenticated first. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-5815 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-6170 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-6171 (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical remote code execution security fix slackware system update proftpd

Where Find New Packages

HINT: Getting slow download speeds from ftp.slackware.com? Give slackware.osuosl.org a try. This is another primary FTP site for Slackware that can be considerably faster than downloading from ftp.slackware.com.
Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (https://osuosl.org/) for donating additional FTP and rsync hosting to the Slackware project! :-)
Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://www.slackware.com/ for additional mirror sites near you.
Updated package for Slackware 8.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.1/patches/packages/proftpd-1.3.0a-i386-1_slack8.1.tgz
Updated package for Slackware 9.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.0/patches/packages/proftpd-1.3.0a-i386-1_slack9.0.tgz
Updated package for Slackware 9.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.1/patches/packages/proftpd-1.3.0a-i486-1_slack9.1.tgz
Updated package for Slackware 10.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/patches/packages/proft...

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MD5 Signatures

Slackware 8.1 package: 74e7540bd3a29270b6192e470a456b45 proftpd-1.3.0a-i386-1_slack8.1.tgz
Slackware 9.0 package: 50ad4d2161afb3e8f215cb6355d5960c proftpd-1.3.0a-i386-1_slack9.0.tgz
Slackware 9.1 package: 4264ec744b7e964ec8ba659a038edc77 proftpd-1.3.0a-i486-1_slack9.1.tgz
Slackware 10.0 package: 58ab727acfaba50b1acb16d49d02570b proftpd-1.3.0a-i486-1_slack10.0.tgz
Slackware 10.1 package: 4d4560f63398633cdcfe4dda9b9c39da proftpd-1.3.0a-i486-1_slack10.1.tgz
Slackware 10.2 package: 8253edd497dc19bef0d6b215dc9e4e34 proftpd-1.3.0a-i486-1_slack10.2.tgz
Slackware 11.0 package: 6964fa68393b79c0d1493843a709f339 proftpd-1.3.0a-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical remote code execution security fix slackware system update proftpd

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg proftpd-1.3.0a-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz