From: Wichert
Akkerman:
We have found that the ftpwatch package as distributed in Debian
GNU/Linux 1.3 and later distributions has a security problem which
makes it trivial for users to gain root access.
We recommend that you remove the ftpwatch package
immediately.
We will be working on a new version of ftpwatch to address these
issues and will announce that in a new advisory.
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