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Security vulnerability in the ftp client program

Cristian Gafton
writes:

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A security vulnerability has been identified in all versions of the ftp
client binary shipped with Red Hat Linux.  An exploit for this vulnerability
would have to rely on getting the user to connect using passive mode to a
server running a ftp daemon under the attacker's control.  As of this release
time there are no known exploits of this security problem.

All users of Red Hat Linux are encouraged to upgrade to the new package
releases immediately.  As always, these packages have been signed with the
Red Hat PGP key.

Red Hat Linux 5.0, 5.1 and 5.2:
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alpha:
rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/alpha/ftp-0.10-4.alpha.rpm

i386:
rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/i386/ftp-0.10-4.i386.rpm

sparc:
rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/sparc/ftp-0.10-4.sparc.rpm

Source rpm:
rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/SRPMS/ftp-0.10-4.src.rpm

Red Hat Linux 4.2:
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alpha:
rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/alpha/NetKit-B-0.09-9.alpha.rpm

i386:
rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/i386/NetKit-B-0.09-9.i386.rpm

sparc:
rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/sparc/NetKit-B-0.09-9.sparc.rpm

Source rpm:
rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/SRPMS/NetKit-B-0.09-9.src.rpm

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Cristian

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