Re: [Linux] glibc 2.1.x / wu-ftpd <=2.5 / BeroFTPD / lynx / vlock / mc / glibc 2.0.x

[chrisb () SANDY FORCE9 CO UK (Chris Butler)]

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: <chrisb () sandy force9 co uk>
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