Package name wu-ftpd
Date November 29th, 2001
Advisory ID MDKSA-2001:090
Affected versions 7.1, 7.2, 8.0, 8.1, CS1.0
Synopsis Updated wu-ftpd packages fix potential remote root compromise

Problem Description

A vulnerability in wu-ftpd's ftpglob() function was found by the CORE
ST team. This vulnerability can be exploited to obtain root access on
the FTP server.

Updated Packages

Mandrakelinux 7.1

 d8bf0ffaa36f4be0d82d2a497ca97012  7.1/RPMS/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-8.7mdk.i586.rpm
8527aaf8ead9756af936518cdcf0bf19  7.1/SRPMS/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-8.7mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 7.2

 be0ad73a7e3559ded06615df10467cbe  7.2/RPMS/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-8.8mdk.i586.rpm
02a177500ce246b536980c8884cc40fb  7.2/SRPMS/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-8.8mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 8.0

 d56665d8af147c90ac6db88d1c87ff03  8.0/RPMS/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-11.1mdk.i586.rpm
c85387ec082fd92d82d36192b96ab85b  8.0/SRPMS/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-11.1mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 8.0/PPC

 6fd48b377e4b0ea445e4c8efe46589bd  ppc/8.0/RPMS/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-11.1mdk.ppc.rpm
c85387ec082fd92d82d36192b96ab85b  ppc/8.0/SRPMS/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-11.1mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 8.1

 108dde2929cf812461b29bd8503b8cfc  8.1/RPMS/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-11.1mdk.i586.rpm
c85387ec082fd92d82d36192b96ab85b  8.1/SRPMS/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-11.1mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 1.0.1

 d8bf0ffaa36f4be0d82d2a497ca97012  1.0.1/RPMS/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-8.7mdk.i586.rpm
8527aaf8ead9756af936518cdcf0bf19  1.0.1/SRPMS/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-8.7mdk.src.rpm

References

http://online.securityfocus.com/bid/3581

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