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[DSA473] DSA-473-1 oftpd

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-473-1 oftpd

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

A vulnerability was discovered in oftpd, an anonymous FTP server,
whereby a remote attacker could cause the oftpd process to crash by
specifying a large value in a PORT command.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.3.6-6.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in
version 20040304-1.
We recommend that you update your oftpd package.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-473
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 9980

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

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