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Security Update: [CSSA-2001-SCO.36] Open UNIX, UnixWare 7: wu-ftpd ftpglob() vulnerability
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Fri Nov 30 20:11:29 2001
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Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 14:37:01 -0800
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Caldera International, Inc. Security Advisory
Subject: Open UNIX, UnixWare 7: wu-ftpd ftpglob() vulnerability
Advisory number: CSSA-2001-SCO.36
Issue date: 2001 November 30
Cross reference:
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1. Problem Description
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A vulnerability in the wu-ftpd ftpglob() function was found by
the CORE ST team. This vulnerability can be exploited to
obtain root access on the ftp server.
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2. Vulnerable Versions
Operating System Version Affected Files
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UnixWare 7 All /usr/sbin/in.ftpd
Open UNIX 8.0.0 /usr/sbin/in.ftpd
3. Workaround
None.
4. UnixWare 7, Open UNIX 8
4.1 Location of Fixed Binaries
ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/openunix/CSSA-2001-SCO.36/
4.2 Verification
md5 checksums:
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9294a9d1a467b72d7ee9bb37672855a0 erg711908.Z
md5 is available for download from
ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/tools/
4.3 Installing Fixed Binaries
Upgrade the affected binaries with the following commands:
Download erg711908.Z to /tmp
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# uncompress /tmp/erg711908.Z
# pkgadd -d /tmp/erg711908
5. References
CORE-20011001: Wu-FTP glob heap corruption vulnerability
http://www.corest.com
CERT Advisory CA-2001-33 Multiple Vulnerabilities in WU-FTPD
http://www.cert.org=09
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=3DCAN-2001-0550
This and other advisories are located at
http://stage.caldera.com/support/security
This advisory addresses Caldera Security internal incidents
sr856023, fz519403, erg711908.
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6. Disclaimer
Caldera International, Inc. is not responsible for the misuse
of any of the information we provide on our website and/or
through our security advisories. Our advisories are a service
to our customers intended to promote secure installation and
use of Caldera International products.
7. Acknowledgements
This vulnerability was originally reported by Matt Power of
BindView on the vuln-dev mailing list.
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