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firefox: FTP PASV port-scanning

Package(s):firefox seamonkey CVE #(s):CVE-2007-1562
Created:March 23, 2007 Updated:June 4, 2007
Description: According to this advisory, the FTP protocol includes the PASV (passive) command which is used by Firefox to request an alternate data port. The specification of the FTP protocol allows the server response to include an alternate server address as well, although this is rarely used in practice.
Alerts:
Fedora FEDORA-2007-0066 2007-06-01
Fedora FEDORA-2007-0050 2007-06-01
Fedora FEDORA-2007-0001 2007-06-04
rPath rPSA-2007-0112-1 2007-05-31
Foresight FLEA-2007-0023-1 2007-05-31
Fedora FEDORA-2007-0001 2007-06-01
Fedora FEDORA-2007-0001 2007-06-01
Fedora FEDORA-2007-0001 2007-06-01
Fedora FEDORA-2007-554 2007-05-31
Fedora FEDORA-2007-549 2007-05-31
Fedora FEDORA-2007-549 2007-05-31
Fedora FEDORA-2007-549 2007-05-31
Fedora FEDORA-2007-549 2007-05-31
Red Hat RHSA-2007:0402-01 2007-05-30
Red Hat RHSA-2007:0400-01 2007-05-30
rPath rPSA-2007-0062-1 2007-04-04
Ubuntu USN-443-1 2007-03-27
Foresight FLEA-2007-0001-1 2007-03-22
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firefox: FTP PASV port-scanning

Posted Oct 28, 2007 14:28 UTC (Sun) by kreutzm (subscriber, #4700) [Link] 

Version in Etch security is new enough (not vulnerable).

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