Package : linux-ftpd-ssl Vulnerability : buffer overflow Problem type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2005-3524 Debian Bug : 339074
A buffer overflow has been discovered in ftpd-ssl, a simple BSD FTP server with SSL encryption support, that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain linux-ftpd-ssl packages.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.17.18+0.3-3sarge1
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your ftpd-ssl package.
Upgrade Instructions - --------------------
wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below:
apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge - --------------------------------