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[DSA1006] DSA-1006-1 wzdftpd

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-1006-1 wzdftpd

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

"kcope" discovered that the wzdftpd FTP server lacks input sanitising
for the SITE command, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary
shell commands.
The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain wzdftpd packages.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.5.2-1.1sarge1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.5.5-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your wzdftpd package.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1006
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2007 Michel Arboi

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