Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 03:31:15 -0500 (EST) From: "Harry M. Leitzell" <Harry_M_Leitzell@cmu.edu> To: Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3.1-RELEASE Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.96L.990320033026.2763C-100000@unix6.andrew.cmu.edu> In-Reply-To: <19990319231053.A13596@keltia.freenix.fr>
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Ah, I was not aware and should have investigated further into it. Sorry about jumping the gun there folks. On Fri, 19 Mar 1999, Ollivier Robert wrote: > According to Harry M. Leitzell: > > to install an ftp daemon, I ended up using the ports to install proftpd. > > The only problem with this is that the ports collection installed pre1 > > which has a known buffer overflow in it. Maybe I am wrong in assuming > > Look in the directory patches in /usr/ports/net/proftpd. You'll notice that > a patch was added to close this hole. > > ---------------------------- > revision 1.7 > date: 1999/02/12 21:55:04; author: obrien; state: Exp; lines: +5 -1 > add buffer overflow vulnerability reduction patch > > Submitted by: Michael <mharo@area51.fremont.ca.us> > ---------------------------- > > So the package you have is immune. I sent a diff to upgrade the port to > pre2 but the package maintainer has an invalid address... > -- > Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr > FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 4.0-CURRENT #70: Sat Feb 27 09:43:08 CET 1999 > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message > [-=--=-=--=-=--=-=--=-=--=-=--=-=--=-=--=-=--=-=--=-=--=-=--=-] Harry M. Leitzell - Harry_M_Leitzell@cmu.edu Carnegie Mellon University Finger for PGP Public Key [-=--=-=--=-=--=-=--=-=--=-=--=-=--=-=--=-=--=-=--=-=--=-=--=-] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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