Package : proftpd-dfsg
Vulnerability : SQL injection vulnerabilites
Problem type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE Ids : CVE-2009-0542 CVE-2009-0543
Two SQL injection vulnerabilities have been found in proftpd, a
virtual-hosting FTP daemon. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
project identifies the following problems:
CVE-2009-0542
Shino discovered that proftpd is prone to an SQL injection
vulnerability via the use of certain characters in the username.
CVE-2009-0543
TJ Saunders discovered that proftpd is prone to an SQL injection
vulnerability due to insufficient escaping mechanisms, when
multybite character encodings are used.
For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.3.1-17lenny1.
For the oldstable distribution (etch), these problems will be fixed
soon.
For the testing distribution (squeeze), these problems will be fixed
soon.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.3.2-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your proftpd-dfsg package.
Upgrade Instructions
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wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given at the end of this advisory:
apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 alias lenny
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