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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2004.0246 -- Debian Security Advisory DSA 473-1
New oftpd packages fix denial of service
05 April 2004
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: oftpd
Publisher: Debian
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 3.0
Linux
Impact: Denial of Service
Access Required: Remote
CVE Names: CAN-2004-0376
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Debian Security Advisory DSA 473-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Matt Zimmerman
April 3rd, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : oftpd
Problem-Type : denial of service
Debian-specific: no
CVE Ids : CAN-2004-0376
Debian bug : 216871
A vulnerability was discovered in oftpd, an anonymous FTP server,
whereby a remote attacker could cause the oftpd process to crash by
specifying a large value in a PORT command.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.3.6-6.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in
version 20040304-1.
We recommend that you update your oftpd 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/o/oftpd/oftpd_0.3.6-6.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 582 ec0796ba52c95ba4ee83414917b656c4
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/oftpd/oftpd_0.3.6-6.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 49463 329930f2d835f6c754b6c79a496f038a
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/oftpd/oftpd_0.3.6.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 77201 78b4139bb0108297b9814564db986852
Alpha architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/oftpd/oftpd_0.3.6-6_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 46166 cea2315f6960525ac9c113510f20dfbc
ARM architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/oftpd/oftpd_0.3.6-6_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 40084 28fb6ba5082855444980ca611e8429c0
Intel IA-32 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/oftpd/oftpd_0.3.6-6_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 38442 32cacf8eb9d37a8406302811ac3d62ac
Intel IA-64 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/oftpd/oftpd_0.3.6-6_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 53688 3142a68ecc08c448e082d339812796c8
HP Precision architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/oftpd/oftpd_0.3.6-6_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 42828 eef0881c474cce76cdf012ac797b8203
Big endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/oftpd/oftpd_0.3.6-6_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 39898 316629cf18ed8906ea09b84140ecf64c
Little endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/oftpd/oftpd_0.3.6-6_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 39976 1e6fc0b5f9c402d15541f8d5bd6a36a9
PowerPC architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/oftpd/oftpd_0.3.6-6_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 39434 a712ef00a8bc169f4bfd319583367f59
IBM S/390 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/oftpd/oftpd_0.3.6-6_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 38824 eb1405f335b5344b43b7617ee9b1ecfd
Sun Sparc architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/oftpd/oftpd_0.3.6-6_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 42250 15668b00038e349cbf6b0331d791532d
These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
its next revision.
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For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg>
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