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[DSA510] DSA-510-1 jftpgw

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-510-1 jftpgw

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

jaguar@felinemenace.org discovered a vulnerability in jftpgw, an FTP
proxy program, whereby a remote user could potentially cause arbitrary
code to be executed with the rights of the jftpgw server process.
By default, the server runs as user "nobody".
CVE-2004-0448: format string vulnerability via syslog(3) in log()
function
For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been
fixed in version 0.13.1-1woody1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.13.4-1.
We recommend that you update your jftpgw package.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-510
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 10438

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2005 Michel Arboi

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