Security update for package proftpd
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(Last modified: 09JAN2002)
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SuSE Linux Enterprise Server for S/390
Package: n1/proftpd
Architecture: i386, s390
Release: 20020109
Obsoletes: none
proftpd
process to die upon execution of"ls ///". Since the dying process does not handle the incoming
connections, the crash is noticeable for the connected client only. New
connections are handled by the
proftpd
parent process. It is unclear yetif this error can be exploited to remotely execute user-provided code.
However, the fix in the form of this update package resolves the problem
completely.
rpm -Uvh proftpd.rpm
You should then restart the running server by entering:
rcproftpd stop
rcproftpd start
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