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Severity: High
Title: Netkit FTP Server: Privilege escalation
Date: November 10, 2006
Updated: February 11, 2007
Bugs: #150292
ID: 200611-05:02
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Update
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The original fix introduced a new vulnerability allowing the listing of
any arbitrary directory with root group permissions due to a typo in the
setgid() call. New fixed packages are available. Also, this update adds
a second CVE reference which was not originally mentionned while it was
covered by the original fix.
Additionally, please note that the Netkit FTP Server package has been
renamed from net-ftp/ftpd to net-ftp/netkit-ftpd.
The updated sections appear below.
Background
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net-ftp/netkit-ftpd is the Linux Netkit FTP server with optional SSL
support.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-ftp/netkit-ftpd < 0.17-r5 >= 0.17-r5
Resolution
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All Netkit FTP Server users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-ftp/netkit-ftpd-0.17-r5"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2006-5778
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5778
[ 2 ] CVE-2006-6008
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6008
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-05.xml
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@xxxxxxxxxx or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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