GLSA 200502-26: GProFTPD: gprostats format string vulnerability

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Severity:	normal
Title:	GProFTPD: gprostats format string vulnerability
Date:	02/18/2005
Bugs:	#81894
ID:	200502-26

Synopsis

gprostats, distributed with GProFTPD, is vulnerable to a format string vulnerability, potentially leading to the execution of arbitrary code.

Background

GProFTPD is a GTK+ administration tool for the ProFTPD server. GProFTPD is distributed with gprostats, a utility to parse ProFTPD transfer logs.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-ftp/gproftpd	< 8.1.9	>= 8.1.9	All supported architectures

Description

Tavis Ormandy of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team has identified a format string vulnerability in the gprostats utility.

Impact

An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by performing a specially crafted FTP transfer, the resulting ProFTPD transfer log could potentially trigger the execution of arbitrary code when parsed by GProFTPD.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All GProFTPD users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-ftp/gproftpd-8.1.9"

References

CVE-2005-0484

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200502-26.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.