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From: Raphael Marichez <falco@g.o>
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Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200801-17 ] Netkit FTP Server: Denial of Service
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:17:41
Message-Id: 20080129230907.GE7334@falco.falcal.net
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200801-17
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Netkit FTP Server: Denial of Service
9 Date: January 29, 2008
10 Bugs: #199206
11 ID: 200801-17
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15 Synopsis
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18 Netkit FTP Server contains a Denial of Service vulnerability.
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20 Background
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23 net-ftp/netkit-ftpd is the Linux Netkit FTP server with optional SSL
24 support.
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26 Affected packages
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 net-ftp/netkit-ftpd < 0.17-r7 >= 0.17-r7
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34 Description
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37 Venustech AD-LAB discovered that an FTP client connected to a
38 vulnerable server with passive mode and SSL support can trigger an
39 fclose() function call on an uninitialized stream in ftpd.c.
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41 Impact
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44 A remote attacker can send specially crafted FTP data to a server with
45 passive mode and SSL support, causing the ftpd daemon to crash.
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47 Workaround
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50 Disable passive mode or SSL.
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52 Resolution
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55 All Netkit FTP Server users should upgrade to the latest version:
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57 # emerge --sync
58 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-ftp/netkit-ftpd-0.17-r7"
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60 References
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63 [ 1 ] CVE-2007-6263
64 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6263
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66 Availability
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69 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
70 the Gentoo Security Website:
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72 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-17.xml
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74 Concerns?
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77 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
78 confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
79 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
80 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
81 http://bugs.gentoo.org.
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83 License
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86 Copyright 2008 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
87 belongs to its owner(s).
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89 The contents of this document are licensed under the
90 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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92 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5