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wu-ftpd: off-by-one bug

Package(s):wu-ftpd CVE #(s):CAN-2003-0466
Created:July 31, 2003 Updated:October 5, 2003
Description: An off-by-one bug has been discovered in versions of wu-ftpd up to and including 2.6.2. On a vulnerable system, a remote attacker would be able to exploit this bug to gain root privileges. See this advisory for more details.
Alerts:
SCO Group CSSA-2003-024.0 2003-09-26
Immunix IMNX-2003-7+-019-01 2003-08-06
Conectiva CLA-2003:715 2003-08-01
Debian DSA-357-1 2003-07-31
SuSE SuSE-SA:2003:032 2003-07-31
Mandrake MDKSA-2003:080 2003-07-31
Red Hat RHSA-2003:245-01 2003-07-31
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