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TITLE:
SUSE update for pure-ftpd

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA45943

VERIFY ADVISORY:
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http://secunia.com/advisories/45943/
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https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=45943

RELEASE DATE:
2011-09-10

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https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=45943

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DESCRIPTION:
SUSE has issued an update for pure-ftpd. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious, local users and malicious people
to manipulate certain data.

Input passed via the username during the authentication process is
not properly sanitised before being used and can be exploited to
create arbitrary directories via directory traversal sequences.

NOTE: Malicious, local users can further exploit this to overwrite
arbitrary files via symlink attacks.

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the zypper package manager.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
SUSE-SU-2011:1028-1:
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-09/msg00015.html

SUSE-SU-2011:1029-1:
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-09/msg00016.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
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DEEP LINKS:
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EXTENDED DESCRIPTION:
Further details available in Customer Area:
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EXTENDED SOLUTION:
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EXPLOIT:
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