Debian GNU/Linux Advisory: wu-ftpd

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 10, 2004

Debian Security Advisory DSA 457-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/
Matt Zimmerman
March 8th, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq


Package : wu-ftpd
Vulnerability : several
Problem-Type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE Ids : CAN-2004-0148 CAN-2004-0185

Two vulnerabilities were discovered in wu-ftpd:

CAN-2004-0148 – Glenn Stewart discovered that users could bypass
the directory access restrictions imposed by the restricted-gid
option by changing the permissions on their home directory. On a
subsequent login, when access to the user’s home directory was
denied, wu-ftpd would fall back to the root directory.

CAN-2004-0185 – A buffer overflow existed in wu-ftpd’s code
which deals with S/key authentication.

For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been
fixed in version 2.6.2-3woody4.

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been
fixed in version 2.6.2-17.1.

We recommend that you update your wu-ftpd 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 3.0 alias woody


Source archives:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wu-ftpd/wu-ftpd_2.6.2-3woody4.dsc

Size/MD5 checksum: 607 ced69dc6017f9afd9ea2e993e5570084

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wu-ftpd/wu-ftpd_2.6.2-3woody4.diff.gz

Size/MD5 checksum: 100777 399c02a6d064f2aef676fba75db3964a

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wu-ftpd/wu-ftpd_2.6.2.orig.tar.gz

Size/MD5 checksum: 354784 b3c271f02aadf663b8811d1bff9da3f6

Architecture independent components:

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http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wu-ftpd/wu-ftpd-academ_2.6.2-3woody4_all.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 3482 ef0f9788eecfa4290bbcea8e259b48e2

Alpha architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wu-ftpd/wu-ftpd_2.6.2-3woody4_alpha.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 291786 5d9f21b554fc210956d2e46e7e817bc8

ARM architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wu-ftpd/wu-ftpd_2.6.2-3woody4_arm.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 265480 0820e29ec495c37629c79018bab2d267

Intel IA-32 architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wu-ftpd/wu-ftpd_2.6.2-3woody4_i386.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 257234 be096867b80cd54f46e3ce5615886537

Intel IA-64 architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wu-ftpd/wu-ftpd_2.6.2-3woody4_ia64.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 321396 9042bd62637c9a38469681de0711e39a

HP Precision architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wu-ftpd/wu-ftpd_2.6.2-3woody4_hppa.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 276170 61272ad0cb9bd68cfbe55c1ec68109b1

Motorola 680×0 architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wu-ftpd/wu-ftpd_2.6.2-3woody4_m68k.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 249496 54ac511d90b1082fed2528e412ddd913

Big endian MIPS architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wu-ftpd/wu-ftpd_2.6.2-3woody4_mips.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 273044 07acbf48ee5b459af762f48df3c8cf81

Little endian MIPS architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wu-ftpd/wu-ftpd_2.6.2-3woody4_mipsel.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 273172 ca3dd63e1f9340605cdd1bc71bf70698

PowerPC architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wu-ftpd/wu-ftpd_2.6.2-3woody4_powerpc.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 268476 6a8df56549ab599125d5bc627ac0d51d

IBM S/390 architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wu-ftpd/wu-ftpd_2.6.2-3woody4_s390.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 263268 aa81a92d47b93214ccbedba1e1871e4e

Sun Sparc architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wu-ftpd/wu-ftpd_2.6.2-3woody4_sparc.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 270514 9f6ddd158ba0cc9bd778ba8dfc3d75db

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


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 <pkg>’ and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg>

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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