Re: [Linux] glibc 2.1.x / wu-ftpd <=2.5 / BeroFTPD / lynx / vlock

From: Chris Butler (chrisbat_private)
Date: Sat Aug 28 1999 - 05:17:26 PDT

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    On Wed, Aug 25, 1999 at 09:11:43PM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote:
    > On Sun, Jul 04, 1999 at 01:38:48PM +0200, Michal Zalewski wrote:
    > > ----------------------------
    > > wu-ftpd 2.5, VR and BeroFTPD
    > > ----------------------------
    > >
    > > Compromise: remote root
    > >
    > > Solution: add strlen() check somewhere
    > >
    >
    > The Debian package of wu-ftpd (2.5.0-3) has just been updated with this
    > patch:
    
    [snip patch]
    
    Note that the next release (2.5.0-4) will contain the patch from
    ftp://ftp.wu-ftpd.org/pub/wu-ftpd/quickfixes/apply_to_2.5.0/ \
    mapped.path.overrun.patch (split for readability). This fixes another
    similar buffer overrun as well.
    
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      Chris Butler                       e-mail: <chrisbat_private>
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