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[DSA551] DSA-551-1 lukemftpd

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-551-1 lukemftpd

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Przemyslaw Frasunek discovered a vulnerability in tnftpd or lukemftpd
respectively, the enhanced ftp daemon from NetBSD. A possible hacker could
utilise this to execute arbitrary code on the server.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.1-1woody2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.1-2.2.
We recommend that you upgrade your lukemftpd package.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-551
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

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

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