DSA 510-1: New jftpgw packages fix format string vulnerability

Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 05/30/2004 04:27 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

New jftpgw packages has been released for Debian GNU/Linux

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Debian Security Advisory DSA 510-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Matt Zimmerman
May 29th, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : jftpgw
Vulnerability : format string
Problem-Type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE Ids : CAN-2004-0448

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.

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
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Source archives:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/j/jftpgw/jftpgw_0.13.1-1woody1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 589 6c0ed10f2034cefdbf338de14b8c26bf
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/j/jftpgw/jftpgw_0.13.1-1woody1.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 19365 e34131b25f532be7e16c51030c55349f
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/j/jftpgw/jftpgw_0.13.1.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 219139 9546400895b5fe54ad70dbb33f83c6a1

Alpha architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/j/jftpgw/jftpgw_0.13.1-1woody1_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 74918 53c4ed0d56bfdd42191405059376cc98

ARM architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/j/jftpgw/jftpgw_0.13.1-1woody1_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 57788 a3cadbfab75a3be17d0ef4d3da483504

Intel IA-32 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/j/jftpgw/jftpgw_0.13.1-1woody1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 55924 b59ff3f29eb9803ebe06de132fbb2c24

Intel IA-64 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/j/jftpgw/jftpgw_0.13.1-1woody1_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 98458 072000de165c9abb980c99241ad1282a

HP Precision architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/j/jftpgw/jftpgw_0.13.1-1woody1_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 67726 e90daefe5490c21c7d442f33f2d68223

Motorola 680x0 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/j/jftpgw/jftpgw_0.13.1-1woody1_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 52158 d48c566a6fda177048e91e90f60c076a

Big endian MIPS architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/j/jftpgw/jftpgw_0.13.1-1woody1_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 68020 60b41b05f85fc83affd559bca3f0fd6f

Little endian MIPS architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/j/jftpgw/jftpgw_0.13.1-1woody1_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 68180 b966bab91c3bc469652874d6e18844f7

PowerPC architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/j/jftpgw/jftpgw_0.13.1-1woody1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 60466 3363c313d0cb2a409ce5579697912afc

IBM S/390 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/j/jftpgw/jftpgw_0.13.1-1woody1_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 57770 bfead388669f0fd30967e56b2b648c2c

Sun Sparc architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/j/jftpgw/jftpgw_0.13.1-1woody1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 60528 849fd4f56002ff1d8e4e4b08de7608f2

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