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Debian Security Advisory DSA 281-1 (moxftp)

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.5

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

16 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update to moxftp announced via advisory DSA 281-1.

Insight

Insight

Knud Erik Højgaard discovered a vulnerability in moxftp (and xftp respectively), an Athena X interface to FTP. Insufficient bounds checking could lead to execution of arbitrary code, provided by a malicious FTP server. Erik Tews fixed this. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2-18.1. For the old stable distribution (potato) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2-13.1. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2-18.20. We recommend that you upgrade your xftp package.

Solution

Solution

https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20281-1

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