From: Wichert Akkerman <wichert@cs.leidenuniv.nl> Subject: [SECURITY] New version of wu-ftpd fixes buffer overflow -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Subject: [SECURITY] New versions of wu-ftpd-academ fixes buffer overflow We have received reports that the wu-ftpd-academ package as distributed in Debian GNU/Linux 2.0 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow. Using this vulnerability, known as palmetto, it is possible to gain shell access or otherwise circumvent normal login access and logging mechanisms. This has been fixed in version 2.4.2.16-12.2 . We recommend you upgrade your wu-ftpd-academ package immediately. wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. Debian GNU/Linux 2.0 alias hamm - ------------------------------- This version of Debian was released only for the Intel and the Motorola 680x0 architecture. Source archives: ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/source/net/wu-ftpd-academ_2.4.2.16.orig.tar.gz MD5 checksum: 1b636fbfb3a5417886cc4265cca0fc5f ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/proposed-updates/wu-ftpd-academ_2.4.2.16-12.2.diff.gz MD5 checksum: c51d3661904daac81b4c7bbe90ebe79f ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/proposed-updates/wu-ftpd-academ_2.4.2.16-12.2.dsc MD5 checksum: bc3bcb012fc251a88fe604dc71669e70 Intel architecture: ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/proposed-updates/wu-ftpd-academ_2.4.2.16-12.2_i386.deb MD5 checksum: 4739c56cfc1decebb462e5030784a75a Motorola 680x0 architecture: ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/proposed-updates/wu-ftpd-academ_2.4.2.16-12.2_m68k.deb MD5 checksum: 9302526c8c6368f87e805e943ce66875 These files will be moved into ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/hamm/*/binary-$arch/ soon. For not yet released architectures please refer to the appropriate directory ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/sid/binary-$arch/ . - -- Debian GNU/Linux . Security Managers . security@debian.org debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org Christian Hudon . Wichert Akkerman . Martin Schulze <chrish@debian.org> . <wakkerma@debian.org> . <joey@debian.org> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: noconv iQB1AwUBNsNqzKjZR/ntlUftAQGmVwMAjTIfglCFJUHQex2Y8u0CU8k3SjOgKMQS H1Jm5JtUhVmdMGxnZZN09YOAK7J0n5EdWHjCyLD9vDUDOOfFZbW0c6eE7XP71GbQ GPVbChN3uzF2EIuNbJUOS0yxQLxOLnuy =KtQ5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Debian packages to fix wu-ftpd bug available
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