Debian GNU/Linux Advisory: moxftp

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 8, 2003
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Debian Security Advisory DSA 281-1                     security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/                             Martin Schulze
April 8th, 2003                         http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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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
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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
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  Source archives:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moxftp/moxftp_2.2-13.1.dsc
      Size/MD5 checksum:      561 ad7b7294a9bbfb6d612ddf5e1a917d6e
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moxftp/moxftp_2.2-13.1.diff.gz
      Size/MD5 checksum:    35420 3b770b2cdff02d1a96d0c007f75a3a62
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moxftp/moxftp_2.2.orig.tar.gz
      Size/MD5 checksum:   937939 2c466b136a0adb20f9d62f2749c283ad

  Alpha architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moxftp/xftp_2.2-13.1_alpha.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   225260 7f9c2a5468d1318c42d2b9b94a34abc5

  ARM architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moxftp/xftp_2.2-13.1_arm.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   174544 ab1bf4ae23a81dd913ee15928850dc68

  Intel IA-32 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moxftp/xftp_2.2-13.1_i386.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   164102 633906e41fb0f661929409b5adc5212b

  Motorola 680x0 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moxftp/xftp_2.2-13.1_m68k.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   155636 4a902000f5e9ac9e2d173667aa3bb71d

  PowerPC architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moxftp/xftp_2.2-13.1_powerpc.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   184736 741ba17ab314833039a78c7b225025f2

  Sun Sparc architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moxftp/xftp_2.2-13.1_sparc.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   179054 c98e29ba6d2517a837fe3bebd15422bc


Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
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  Source archives:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moxftp/moxftp_2.2-18.1.dsc
      Size/MD5 checksum:      567 02f4161e56d5fa054ae6e8a56209d1a2
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moxftp/moxftp_2.2-18.1.diff.gz
      Size/MD5 checksum:    34166 db8798b3d175cae96e78b0e318ce9f6c
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moxftp/moxftp_2.2.orig.tar.gz
      Size/MD5 checksum:   937939 2c466b136a0adb20f9d62f2749c283ad

  Alpha architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moxftp/xftp_2.2-18.1_alpha.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   219866 f92ec2e807a83d519b41730899db9d93

  ARM architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moxftp/xftp_2.2-18.1_arm.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   175714 9f5a9d5957eca736e092651d636c7b0a

  Intel IA-32 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moxftp/xftp_2.2-18.1_i386.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   164724 5db825ca517be4df03976bd4b11fa518

  Intel IA-64 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moxftp/xftp_2.2-18.1_ia64.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   276338 0380683fcbaa6b3485df82181f82d325

  HP Precision architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moxftp/xftp_2.2-18.1_hppa.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   201558 e7c9933ee622678bdedd9b01b494a92b

  Motorola 680x0 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moxftp/xftp_2.2-18.1_m68k.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   155354 d89563cdd8c740683d9544eabd4ff335

  Big endian MIPS architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moxftp/xftp_2.2-18.1_mips.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   202406 18c9a473e48d1104a4fbd94366b2dcc8

  Little endian MIPS architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moxftp/xftp_2.2-18.1_mipsel.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   200754 a89ee695bd86a51783d27383fb50d746

  PowerPC architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moxftp/xftp_2.2-18.1_powerpc.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   185086 fe451dd341eb07a72f58200fd91819c5

  IBM S/390 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moxftp/xftp_2.2-18.1_s390.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   174340 04c6b8a63ecfcac0b5209bbe6eee9fd9

  Sun Sparc architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moxftp/xftp_2.2-18.1_sparc.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   178416 38b078edb86b7dcb594404d92cbec3e8


  These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
  its next revision.

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For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
Package info: `apt-cache show ' and http://packages.debian.org/;

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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