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Slackware Advisory SSA:2003-259-03 WU-FTPD Security Advisory
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
Slackware 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
11 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing an update as announced via advisory SSA:2003-259-03.
Insight
Insight
Upgraded WU-FTPD packages are available for Slackware 9.0 and -current. These fix a problem where an attacker could use a specially crafted filename in conjunction with WU-FTPD's conversion feature (mostly used to compress files, or produce tar archives) to execute arbitrary commands on the server. In addition, a MAIL_ADMIN which has been found to be insecure has been disabled. We do not recommend deploying WU-FTPD in situations where security is required.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to the new package(s).