metadata/glsa/glsa-200502-26.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">

<glsa id="200502-26">
  <title>GProFTPD: gprostats format string vulnerability</title>
  <synopsis>
    gprostats, distributed with GProFTPD, is vulnerable to a format string
    vulnerability, potentially leading to the execution of arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">GProFTPD</product>
  <announced>February 18, 2005</announced>
  <revised>May 22, 2006: 02</revised>
  <bug>81894</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-ftp/gproftpd" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">8.1.9</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">8.1.9</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    GProFTPD is a GTK+ administration tool for the ProFTPD server. GProFTPD
    is distributed with gprostats, a utility to parse ProFTPD transfer
    logs.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Tavis Ormandy of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team has identified a
    format string vulnerability in the gprostats utility.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by performing a specially
    crafted FTP transfer, the resulting ProFTPD transfer log could
    potentially trigger the execution of arbitrary code when parsed by
    GProFTPD.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All GProFTPD users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=net-ftp/gproftpd-8.1.9&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-0484">CVE-2005-0484</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Wed, 16 Feb 2005 19:27:51 +0000">
    koon
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Thu, 17 Feb 2005 00:01:48 +0000">
    taviso
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Fri, 18 Feb 2005 09:37:53 +0000">
    koon
  </metadata>
</glsa>