A vulnerability involving an input validation error in the "site exec"
command has recently been identified in the wu-ftpd program (CERT Advisory
CA-2000-13). More information about this problem can be found at this site:
2000 CERT Advisories
The wu-ftpd daemon is part of the tcpip1.tgz package in the N series. A
new tcpip1.tgz package is now available in the Slackware -current tree.
All users of Slackware 7.0, 7.1, and -current are stronly urged to upgrade
to the new tcpip1.tgz package.
For users of Slackware 4.0, a wuftpd.tgz patch package is being provided
in the /patches tree of Slackware 4.0.
========================================wu-ftpd 2.6.1 AVAILABLE - (n1/tcpip1.tgz)
========================================
FOR USERS OF SLACKWARE 7.0, 7.1, and -current:
--------------------------------------------- The recent vulnerability in wu-ftpd can be fixed by upgrading to the
new tcpip1.tgz package. This package upgrades the wu-ftpd server to
version 2.6.1. You can download it from the -current branch:
All users of Slackware 7.0, 7.1, and -current are strongly urged to
upgrade to the tcpip1.tgz package to fix the vulnerability in wu-ftpd.
For verification purposes, we provide the following checksums:
16-bit "sum" checksum:
45865 995
128-bit MD5 message digest:
2ffec28ac4b9de34d5899f7cd88cc5c3 n1/tcpip1.tgz
Installation instructions for the tcpip1.tgz package:
If you have downloaded the new tcpip1.tgz package, you should bring
the system into runlevel 1 and run upgradepkg on it:
# telinit 1
# upgradepkg tcpip1.tgz
# telinit 3
FOR USERS OF SLACKWARE 4.0:
--------------------------
The recent vulnerability in wu-ftpd can be fixed by installing the
wuftpd.tgz patch package. This package upgrades the wu-ftpd server
to version 2.6.1. You can download it from the Slackware 4.0 branch:
All users of Slackware 4.0 are strongly urged to install the wuftpd.tgz
patch package to fix the vulnerability in wu-ftpd.
For verification purposes, we provide the following checksums:
16-bit "sum" checksum:
06607 105
128-bit MD5 message digest:
75547b1762d7ff4fad233cd89529ff2c wuftpd.tgz
Installation instructions for the wuftpd.tgz package:
If you have downloaded the wuftpd.tgz patch package, you should bring
the system into runlevel 1 and run installpkg on it:
# telinit 1
# installpkg wuftpd.tgz
# telinit 3
Remember, it's also a good idea to backup configuration files before
upgrading packages.