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Re: [patch] ProFTPd remote root exploit
From: jpr5 () DARKRIDGE COM (Jordan Ritter)
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 13:57:29 -0400
On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, Nic Bellamy wrote:
tracked this problem to an sprintf() into a buffer on the stack in the log_xfer() routine in src/log.c. Gotta love it. Sigh.
What's interesting to note is that I notified the contact at ProFTPd of this exact overflow back during the last ftpd fiasco (there was more than one way to break proftpd). Assuming that you're making this assertion from the absolute latest source available, I'd say it's unfortunate that this wasn't dealt with many months ago. --jordan
Current thread:
- Re: [patch] ProFTPd remote root exploit Jordan Ritter (Aug 30)
- Re: [patch] ProFTPd remote root exploit Dan Stromberg (Sep 01)
- [ Kernel panic with FreeBSD-3.2-19990830-STABLE ] Sebastien Petit (Sep 02)