Immunix alert IMNX-2003-73-002-01 (lftp)

From:
    	     
 
Immunix Security Team <security@immunix.com>
To:
    	     
 
lwn@lwn.net
Subject:
    	     
 
Immunix Secured OS 7.3 lftp update
Date:
    	     
 
Sat, 13 Dec 2003 14:01:43 -0800

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	Immunix Secured OS Security Advisory

Packages updated:	lftp
Affected products:	Immunix OS 7.3
Bugs fixed:		CAN-2003-0963
Date:			Tue Dec  9 2003
Advisory ID:		IMNX-2003-73-002-01
Author:			Seth Arnold <sarnold@immunix.com>
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Description:
  Ulf Härnhammar has discovered remotely triggerable buffer overflows
  in lftp; this update fixes both of these problems. The Common
  Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned
  the name CAN-2003-0963 to this issue.

  StackGuard should not be relied on to mitigate this vulnerability.

  Immunix 7.3 users may use our up2date service to install fixed 
  packages: you may run either "up2date" within X, and follow the
  directions, or run "up2date -u" to ensure your system is current.

Package names and locations:
  Precompiled binary packages for Immunix 7.3 are available at:
  http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.3/Updates/RPMS/lftp-2.4.9-1_imnx_3.i386.rpm

  Source packages for Immunix 7.3 are available at:
  http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.3/Updates/SRPMS/lftp-2.4.9-1_imnx_3.src.rpm

Immunix OS 7.3 md5sums:
  01863149ee0914c2ff3ea21fb66b7eac  RPMS/lftp-2.4.9-1_imnx_3.i386.rpm
  ea33a569204f4413065eaa2f5ae2eadc  SRPMS/lftp-2.4.9-1_imnx_3.src.rpm

GPG verification:                                                               
  Our public keys are available at http://download.immunix.org/GPG_KEY
  Immunix, Inc., has changed policy with GPG keys. We maintain several
  keys now: C53B2B53 for Immunix 7+ package signing, D3BA6C17 for
  Immunix 7.3 package signing, and 1B7456DA for general security issues.


NOTE:
  Ibiblio is graciously mirroring our updates, so if the links above are
  slow, please try:
    ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/immunix/
  or one of the many mirrors available at:
    http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/MIRRORS.html

  ImmunixOS 7+ will not be officially supported after March 1 2004.
  ImmunixOS 7.0 is no longer officially supported.
  ImmunixOS 6.2 is no longer officially supported.

Contact information:
  To report vulnerabilities, please contact security@immunix.com.
  Immunix attempts to conform to the RFP vulnerability disclosure protocol
  http://www.wiretrip.net/rfp/policy.html.