Debian Security Advisory DSA 457-1                     security@debian.org 
Debian -- Security Information                              Matt Zimmerman
March 8th, 2004                          Debian -- Debian security FAQ 
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Package        : wu-ftpd
Vulnerability  : several
Problem-Type   : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE Ids        : CAN-2004-0148 CAN-2004-0185

Two vulnerabilities were discovered in wu-ftpd:

 CAN-2004-0148 - Glenn Stewart discovered that users could bypass the
 directory access restrictions imposed by the restricted-gid option by
 changing the permissions on their home directory.  On a subsequent
 login, when access to the user's home directory was denied, wu-ftpd
 would fall back to the root directory.

 CAN-2004-0185 - A buffer overflow existed in wu-ftpd's code which
 deals with S/key authentication.

For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in
version 2.6.2-3woody4.

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in
version 2.6.2-17.1.

We recommend that you update your wu-ftpd 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.

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
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  Source archives:

      
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  Architecture independent components:

      
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  Alpha architecture:

      
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  ARM architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   265480 0820e29ec495c37629c79018bab2d267

  Intel IA-32 architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   257234 be096867b80cd54f46e3ce5615886537

  Intel IA-64 architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   321396 9042bd62637c9a38469681de0711e39a

  HP Precision architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   276170 61272ad0cb9bd68cfbe55c1ec68109b1

  Motorola 680x0 architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   249496 54ac511d90b1082fed2528e412ddd913

  Big endian MIPS architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   273044 07acbf48ee5b459af762f48df3c8cf81

  Little endian MIPS architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   273172 ca3dd63e1f9340605cdd1bc71bf70698

  PowerPC architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   268476 6a8df56549ab599125d5bc627ac0d51d

  IBM S/390 architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   263268 aa81a92d47b93214ccbedba1e1871e4e

  Sun Sparc architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   270514 9f6ddd158ba0cc9bd778ba8dfc3d75db

  These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
  its next revision.

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