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Date:      Tue, 10 Apr 2001 22:06:08 +0900
From:      fbsd <fbsd@typhoon.co.jp>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: CERT Advisory CA-2001-07 (fwd)
Message-ID:  <3AD30540.C776D890@typhoon.co.jp>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104100740200.2171-100000@joule.excelsus.com>

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Weldon S Godfrey 3 wrote:

> The File Globbing Vulnerability mentioned in CERT Advisory CA-2001-07 is
> fixed in 4.2-STABLE and 5.0-CURRENT and will be fixed on 4.3-RELEASE.
>
> My question is, can the ftpd binary be used from 4.2-STABLE  for
> 4.2-RELEASE (or any 4.x-RELEASE) to fix this problem or is it that the
> binary cannot work under these versions or is the fix beyond the binary
> (it involves shared libraries, etc.)?

I certainly hope there will be a patch (from FreeBSD.org) for 3.5.X AND 4.X
too!

>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Weldon
>
> --SNIP from CERT CA-2001-07 --
>
>    FreeBSD is vulnerable to the glob-related bugs. We have corrected
>    these bugs in FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT and FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE, and they
>    will not be present in FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE.
>
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