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Slackware: 2020-051-01 Moderate: Proftpd Memory Pool Issue

New proftpd packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix a security issue. . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] proftpd (SSA:2020-051-01) New proftpd packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/proftpd-1.3.6c-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. No CVEs assigned, but this sure looks like a security issue: Use-after-free vulnerability in memory pools during data transfer. (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the new packages: +-----------------------------+ Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (https://osuosl.org/) for donating 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 14.0: Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0: Updated package for Slackware 14.1: Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1: Updated package for Slackware 14.2: Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2: Updated package for Slackware -current: Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 14.0 package: ad130cbacf59ba92d23da0b8c6dd5c8e proftpd-1.3.6c-i486-1_slack14.0.txz Slackware x86_64 14.0 package: e0e9d4bfd44229fc5cbb0d16decd62e1 proftpd-1.3.6c-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz Slackware 14.1 package: 8e3126f9af6dbbf817bd43e77ca9cc8d proftpd-1.3.6c-i486-1_slack14.1.txz Slackware x86_64 14.1 package: ea71c0df4222e5b2046876aef3461acc proftpd-1.3.6c-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz Slackware 14.2 package: cff0f04f8d96e58c9315900ab27e770a proftpd-1.3.6c-i586-1_slack14.2.txz Slackware x86_64 14.2 package: 993452ec1b0c1a6785a09d0e960be20c proftpd-1.3.6c-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz Slackware -current package: 8c5c8c09c9ce10219fd92ecf72f742cf n/proftpd-1.3.6c-i586-1.txz Slackware x86_64 -currentpackage: 346f1b9c24259e9f61e1063a15bdbef1 n/proftpd-1.3.6c-x86_64-1.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg proftpd-1.3.6c-i586-1_slack14.2.txz +-----+ . Updated proftpd versions are now released for Slackware to resolve a vulnerability related to memory management during file transfers.. Proftpd Update, Slackware Security, Memory Pool Threat, Package Upgrade. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Feb 20, 2020 Slackware