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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2013.0073 proftpd-dfsg security update 14 January 2013 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: proftpd-dfsg Publisher: Debian Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 6 UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX) Impact/Access: Increased Privileges -- Existing Account Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2012-6095 Original Bulletin: http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2606 Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on platforms other than Debian. It is recommended that administrators running proftpd-dfsg check for an updated version of the software for their operating system. - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-2606-1 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Thijs Kinkhorst January 13, 2013 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : proftpd-dfsg Vulnerability : symlink race Problem type : local Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2012-6095 Debian Bug : 697524 It has been discovered that in wiki, an FTP server, an attacker on the same physical host as the server may be able to perform a symlink attack allowing to elevate privileges in some configurations. For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.3a-6squeeze5. For the testing distribution (wheezy), this problem will be fixed soon. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.4a-3. We recommend that you upgrade your proftpd-dfsg packages. 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