Gentoo Linux Information for VU#405348

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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200309-16
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         PACKAGE : net-ftp/proftpd
         SUMMARY : ASCII File Remote Compromise Vulnerability
            DATE : 2003-09-28 00:37 UTC
         EXPLOIT : remote
VERSIONS AFFECTED : <proftpd-1.2.9_rc2
   FIXED VERSION : =proftpd-1.2.9_rc2
   GENTOO BUG ID : 29452
             CVE : none that we are aware of at this time
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SUMMARY:

 ISS X-Force discovered a vulnerability that could be triggered when a
specially crafted file is uploaded to a proftpd server.

 Read the full advisory at:
 http://www.proftpd.org/

SOLUTION:

 It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running
net-ftp/proftpd upgrade to proftpd-1.29_rc2 as follows

 emerge sync
emerge '>=net-ftp/proftpd-1.2.9_rc2'
emerge clean

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aliz@gentoo.org - GnuPG key is available at http://dev.gentoo.org/~aliz
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