Debian: jftpgw Format string vulnerability
Summary
jaguar@felinemenace.org discovered a vulnerability in jftpgw, an FTP
proxy program, whereby a remote user could potentially cause arbitrary
code to be executed with the privileges of the jftpgw server process.
By default, the server runs as user \"nobody\".
CAN-2004-0448: format string vulnerability via syslog(3) in log()
function
For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been
fixed in version 0.13.1-1woody1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.13.4-1.
We recommend that you update your jftpgw package.
Upgrade Instructions
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wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:
apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.
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