Red Hat Linux Errata Advisory
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Synopsis	Updated wu-ftpd packages are available

Advisory ID	RHSA-2001:157-06

Issue Date	2001-11-20

Updated On	2001-11-26

Product	Red Hat Linux

Keywords	wu-ftpd buffer overrun glob ftpglob

Cross References

Obsoletes	RHSA-2000:039

1. Topic:

Updated wu-ftpd packages are available to fix an overflowable buffer.

2. Problem description:

An overflowable buffer exists in earlier versions of wu-ftpd.
An attacker could gain access to the machine by sending malicious
commands.

It is recommended that all users of wu-ftpd upgrade to the lastest
version.

3. Bug IDs fixed: (see bugzilla for more information)

4. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Linux 6.2 - alpha, i386, sparc
Red Hat Linux 7.0 - alpha, i386
Red Hat Linux 7.1 - alpha, i386, ia64
Red Hat Linux 7.2 - i386

5. RPMs required:

6. Solution:

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run:

rpm -Fvh [filenames]

where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those
RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are
not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you
can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains the
desired RPMs.

Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many
people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.

7. Verification:

MD5 sum                           Package Name
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
a33d4557c473b88cc7bed8718bd07a2f 6.2/en/os/SRPMS/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-0.6x.21.src.rpm
da84b22853f1048d45803ebeec8d061c 6.2/en/os/alpha/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-0.6x.21.alpha.rpm
281fa607c3f6479e369673cb9247d169 6.2/en/os/i386/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-0.6x.21.i386.rpm
20bf731056d48351d2194956f4762091 6.2/en/os/sparc/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-0.6x.21.sparc.rpm
52406d7ddd2c14c669a8c9203f99ac5c 7.0/en/os/SRPMS/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-16.7x.1.src.rpm
35315a5fa466beb3bdc26aa4fc1c872f 7.0/en/os/alpha/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-16.7x.1.alpha.rpm
c97683b85603d34853b3825c9b694f20 7.0/en/os/i386/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-16.7x.1.i386.rpm
52406d7ddd2c14c669a8c9203f99ac5c 7.1/en/os/SRPMS/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-16.7x.1.src.rpm
35315a5fa466beb3bdc26aa4fc1c872f 7.1/en/os/alpha/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-16.7x.1.alpha.rpm
c97683b85603d34853b3825c9b694f20 7.1/en/os/i386/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-16.7x.1.i386.rpm
56af9e1de2b3d532e1e4dce18636f6c4 7.1/en/os/ia64/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-16.7x.1.ia64.rpm
efd2a876ad8d7c4879d3eeaeeec7fcef 7.2/en/os/SRPMS/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-20.src.rpm
7306f24d3d7d518068c5e08959d43bdd 7.2/en/os/i386/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-20.i386.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat, Inc. for security. Our key is available at:
http://www.redhat.com/about/contact.html

You can verify each package with the following command: rpm --checksig filename

If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command: rpm --checksig --nogpg filename

Note that you need RPM >= 3.0 to check GnuPG keys.

8. References:

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