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diff --git a/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200403-08.xml b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200403-08.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..3a7f2c7a --- /dev/null +++ b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200403-08.xml @@ -0,0 +1,77 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200403-08"> + <title>oftpd DoS vulnerability</title> + <synopsis> + A remotely-exploitable overflow exists in oftpd, allowing an attacker to + crash the oftpd daemon. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">oftpd</product> + <announced>March 29, 2004</announced> + <revised>May 22, 2006: 02</revised> + <bug>45738</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="net-ftp/oftpd" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">0.3.7</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="le">0.3.6</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + Quote from <uri + link="http://www.time-travellers.org/oftpd/">http://www.time-travellers + .org/oftpd/</uri> + </p> + <p> + "oftpd is designed to be as secure as an anonymous FTP server can + possibly be. It runs as non-root for most of the time, and uses the + Unix chroot() command to hide most of the systems directories from + external users - they cannot change into them even if the server is + totally compromised! It contains its own directory change code, so that + it can run efficiently as a threaded server, and its own directory + listing code (most FTP servers execute the system "ls" command to list + files)." + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Issuing a port command with a number higher than 255 causes the server + to crash. The port command may be issued before any authentication + takes place, meaning the attacker does not need to know a valid + username and password in order to exploit this vulnerability. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + This exploit causes a denial of service. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + While a workaround is not currently known for this issue, all users are + advised to upgrade to the latest version of the affected package. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All users should upgrade to the current version of the affected + package: + </p> + <code> + # emerge sync + + # emerge -pv ">=net-ftp/oftpd-0.3.7" + # emerge ">=net-ftp/oftpd-0.3.7"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://www.time-travellers.org/oftpd/oftpd-dos.html">osftpd DoS Vulnerability</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0376">CVE-2004-0376</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Mon, 22 May 2006 05:52:22 +0000"> + DerCorny + </metadata> +</glsa> |