Slackware alert SSA:2026-118-01 (proftpd)
| From: | Slackware Security Team <security@slackware.com> | |
| To: | slackware-security@slackware.com | |
| Subject: | [slackware-security] proftpd (SSA:2026-118-01) | |
| Date: | Mon, 27 Apr 2026 23:06:46 -0700 | |
| Message-ID: | <alpine.LNX.2.02.2604272306210.3682@connie.slackware.com> |
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] proftpd (SSA:2026-118-01) New proftpd packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/proftpd-1.3.9a-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. Fix for an SQL injection that may lead to authentication bypass, privilege escalation, and arbitrary code execution. Slackware does not build mol_sql, but this may be an important upgrade for those rebuilding proftpd in order to add this module. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-42167 (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the new packages: +-----------------------------+ Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting to the Slackware project! :-) Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for additional mirror sites near you. Updated package for Slackware 15.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patc... Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/pa... Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/s... Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current... MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 15.0 package: d6021ca5f0a2d00b6f83fb17a5427b66 proftpd-1.3.9a-i586-1_slack15.0.txz Slackware x86_64 15.0 package: 816e00e7d4eb8c29ecec6c4cf18fcfe8 proftpd-1.3.9a-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz Slackware -current package: 5adc7d8127208a0e04255bccc131b35f n/proftpd-1.3.9a-i686-1.txz Slackware x86_64 -current package: 7b8c0142f02fd71d1e18f395fc9c8c1d n/proftpd-1.3.9a-x86_64-1.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg proftpd-1.3.9a-i586-1_slack15.0.txz +-----+ Slackware Linux Security Team http://slackware.com/gpg-key security@slackware.com +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | To leave the slackware-security mailing list: | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Send an email to majordomo@slackware.com with this text in the body of | | the email message: | | | | unsubscribe slackware-security | | | | You will get a confirmation message back containing instructions to | | complete the process. Please do not reply to this email address. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHkEARECADkWIQTsVknaQB4iq/pnNu9qRGPAQBAiMwUCafBNChsUgAAAAAAEAA5t YW51MiwyLjUrMS4xMiwyLDIACgkQakRjwEAQIjP84wCgj+Yp/2wSLUGMQzmaBA90 5jpq5mcAoJLMhB6HkbL+p0bxhMcrKpsExtH9 =8tGT -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----