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Slackware ProFTPD Update: SSA:2010-357-02 Critical: SQL Injection Risk

New proftpd packages are available for Slackware 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, and -current to fix security issues. . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] proftpd (SSA:2010-357-02) New proftpd packages are available for Slackware 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 13.1 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/proftpd-1.3.3d-i486-1_slack13.1.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes an unbounded copy operation in sql_prepare_where() that could be exploited to execute arbitrary code. However, this only affects servers that use the sql_mod module (which Slackware does not ship), and in addition the ability to exploit this depends on an SQL injection bug that was already fixed in proftpd-1.3.2rc2 (this according to upstream). So in theory, this fix should only be of academic interest. But in practice, better safe than sorry. (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the 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 directly 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 11.0: Updated package for Slackware 12.0: Updated package for Slackware 12.1: Updated package for Slackware 12.2: Updated package for Slackware 13.0: Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.0: Updated package for Slackware 13.1: Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.1: Updated package for Slackware -current: Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 11.0package: 1cf858f9e1eb772644b9e621445c0275 proftpd-1.3.3d-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz Slackware 12.0 package: 9924b166e5c8b5d7761e0e6a8695771f proftpd-1.3.3d-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz Slackware 12.1 package: 251db6dc1bbabf6b943f00573de1824c proftpd-1.3.3d-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz Slackware 12.2 package: 5d57c6979152f51de7fce53fb1f930f4 proftpd-1.3.3d-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz Slackware 13.0 package: 2b80b44e97f397728ee9d798749b185d proftpd-1.3.3d-i486-1_slack13.0.txz Slackware x86_64 13.0 package: 14fa80f5ce746a3e180c691023505d60 proftpd-1.3.3d-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz Slackware 13.1 package: 5d8a483e1243dced4da743aac0e8f475 proftpd-1.3.3d-i486-1_slack13.1.txz Slackware x86_64 13.1 package: 71673c4521a51232479457ce3dcd4bfd proftpd-1.3.3d-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz Slackware -current package: 2ecee055f345ff486decb28e44a14fdc n/proftpd-1.3.3d-i486-1.txz Slackware x86_64 -current package: 3a8be2b62423a9714ca59d361a88d8a7 n/proftpd-1.3.3d-x86_64-1.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg proftpd-1.3.3d-i486-1_slack13.1.txz +-----+ . Important ProFTPD patches released for Slackware versions 11.0 through 13.1 to rectify vulnerabilities. Discover additional details regarding package enhancements.. Slackware ProFTPD Update, Software Security Fixes, Linux Package Upgrades. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Dec 24, 2010 •Critical Slackware