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Insufficient bounds checking could lead to execution of arbitrary code, provided by a malicious FTP server.. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 281-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Debian -- Security Information Martin Schulze April 8th, 2003 Debian -- Debian security FAQ - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : moxftp Vulnerability : buffer overflow Problem-Type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE Id : CAN-2003-0203 Knud Erik Højgaard discovered a vulnerability in moxftp (and xftp respectively), an Athena X interface to FTP. Insufficient bounds checking could lead to execution of arbitrary code, provided by a malicious FTP server. Erik Tews fixed this. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2-18.1. For the old stable distribution (potato) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2-13.1. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2-18.20. We recommend that you upgrade your xftp package. Upgrade Instructions - -------------------- wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below: apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration. Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 alias potato - --------------------------------- Source archives: Size/MD5 checksum: 561 ad7b7294a9bbfb6d612ddf5e1a917d6e Size/MD5 checksum: 35420 3b770b2cdff02d1a96d0c007f75a3a62 Size/MD5 checksum: 937939 2c466b136a0adb20f9d62f2749c283ad Alpha architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 2252607f9c2a5468d1318c42d2b9b94a34abc5 ARM architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 174544 ab1bf4ae23a81dd913ee15928850dc68 Intel IA-32 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 164102 633906e41fb0f661929409b5adc5212b Motorola 680x0 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 155636 4a902000f5e9ac9e2d173667aa3bb71d PowerPC architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 184736 741ba17ab314833039a78c7b225025f2 Sun Sparc architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 179054 c98e29ba6d2517a837fe3bebd15422bc Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody - -------------------------------- Source archives: Size/MD5 checksum: 567 02f4161e56d5fa054ae6e8a56209d1a2 Size/MD5 checksum: 34166 db8798b3d175cae96e78b0e318ce9f6c Size/MD5 checksum: 937939 2c466b136a0adb20f9d62f2749c283ad Alpha architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 219866 f92ec2e807a83d519b41730899db9d93 ARM architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 175714 9f5a9d5957eca736e092651d636c7b0a Intel IA-32 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 164724 5db825ca517be4df03976bd4b11fa518 Intel IA-64 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 276338 0380683fcbaa6b3485df82181f82d325 HP Precision architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 201558 e7c9933ee622678bdedd9b01b494a92b Motorola 680x0 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 155354 d89563cdd8c740683d9544eabd4ff335 Big endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 202406 18c9a473e48d1104a4fbd94366b2dcc8 Little endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 200754 a89ee695bd86a51783d27383fb50d746 PowerPC architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 185086 fe451dd341eb07a72f58200fd91819c5 IBM S/390 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 174340 04c6b8a63ecfcac0b5209bbe6eee9fd9 Sun Sparc architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 178416 38b078edb86b7dcb594404d92cbec3e8 These files will probably be moved into the stabledistribution on its next revision. - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For apt-get: deb Debian -- Security Information stable/updates main For dpkg-ftp: dists/stable/updates/main Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Package info: `apt-cache show ' and https://www.debian.org/distrib/packages . - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisor. insufficient, bounds, checking, execution, arbitrary, provided, malicious. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team
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