From owner-freebsd-security Mon Oct 2 16: 7:37 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from marius.org (marius.org [216.88.115.170]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55D5B37B503 for ; Mon, 2 Oct 2000 16:07:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from marius@localhost) by marius.org (8.11.0/8.11.0) id e92N71O26048; Mon, 2 Oct 2000 18:07:01 -0500 (CDT) Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 18:07:00 -0500 From: Marius Strom To: Jordan Hubbard Cc: Brett Glass , security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ftpd bug in FreeBSD through at least 3.4 Message-ID: <20001002180700.D18840@marius.org> Mail-Followup-To: Jordan Hubbard , Brett Glass , security@FreeBSD.ORG References: <59846.970514080@winston.osd.bsdi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <59846.970514080@winston.osd.bsdi.com>; from jkh@winston.osd.bsdi.com on Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 12:14:40PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org And if you want more proof of this: telnet 21 Issue the commands from telnet, poof. On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 12:14:40PM -0700, Jordan Hubbard wrote: > > I've received LOTS of anonymous FTP login attempts on the FreeBSD boxen > > I administer, and have been wondering why. Perhaps this message explains > > it! The below works on all 2.x versions of FreeBSD, and in the 3.x branch > > up until at least 3.4-RELEASE (maybe later). > > That's the client crashing, you knob. Read the advisories more closely. > What linux ftp clients do is not all that urgent a concern of ours. > > - Jordan > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message -- Marius Strom Professional Geek/Unix System Administrator Alpha1 Internet http://www.marius.org/marius.pgp 0x55DE53E4 Turn off the faucet? We're too busy mopping up the floor! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message