Debian Security Advisory
DSA-281-1 moxftp -- buffer overflow
- Date Reported:
- 08 Apr 2003
- Affected Packages:
- moxftp
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 6921.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2003-0203. - More information:
-
Knud Erik Højgaard discovered a vulnerability in moxftp (and xftp respectively), an Athena X interface to FTP. Insufficient bounds checking could lead to execution of arbitrary code, provided by a malicious FTP server. Erik Tews fixed this.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2-18.1.
For the old stable distribution (potato) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2-13.1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2-18.20.
We recommend that you upgrade your xftp package.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 (potato)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moxftp/moxftp_2.2-13.1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moxftp/moxftp_2.2-13.1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moxftp/moxftp_2.2.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moxftp/moxftp_2.2-13.1.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moxftp/xftp_2.2-13.1_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moxftp/xftp_2.2-13.1_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moxftp/xftp_2.2-13.1_i386.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moxftp/xftp_2.2-13.1_m68k.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moxftp/xftp_2.2-13.1_powerpc.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moxftp/xftp_2.2-13.1_sparc.deb
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moxftp/moxftp_2.2-18.1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moxftp/moxftp_2.2-18.1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moxftp/moxftp_2.2.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moxftp/moxftp_2.2-18.1.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moxftp/xftp_2.2-18.1_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moxftp/xftp_2.2-18.1_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moxftp/xftp_2.2-18.1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moxftp/xftp_2.2-18.1_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moxftp/xftp_2.2-18.1_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moxftp/xftp_2.2-18.1_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moxftp/xftp_2.2-18.1_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moxftp/xftp_2.2-18.1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moxftp/xftp_2.2-18.1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moxftp/xftp_2.2-18.1_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moxftp/xftp_2.2-18.1_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.