Subject wuarchive ftpd Trojan Horse Date 07-Apr-94
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Security Advisory CERT-NL
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Author/Source : CERT-NL (Don Stikvoort ) Index : S-94-08
Distribution : World Page : 1
Classification: External Version: Final
Subject : wuarchive ftpd Trojan Horse Date : 07-Apr-94
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CERT-NL received information on SOURCES of the popular wuarchive FTP daemon
(ftpd) containing a Trojan horse.
If you're running wuarchive ftpd please read this advisory and take the
appropriate action!
All honours to CERT/CC as provider of the following information:
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The CERT Coordination Center has received confirmation that some copies
of the source code for the wuarchive FTP daemon (ftpd) were modified by
an intruder, and contain a Trojan horse.
We strongly recommend that any site running the wuarchive ftpd take steps
to immediately install version 2.3, or disable their FTP daemon.
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I. Description
Some copies of the source code for versions 2.2 and 2.1f of the
wuarchive ftpd were modified by an intruder, and contain a Trojan
horse. If your FTP daemon was compiled from the intruder-modified
source code, you are vulnerable.
It is possible that previous versions of the source code for the server
were modified in a similar manner.
If you are running the wuarchive ftpd, but not providing anonymous FTP
access, you are still vulnerable to this Trojan horse.
II. Impact
An intruder can gain root access on a host running an FTP daemon
that contains this Trojan horse.
III. Solution
We strongly recommend that any site running the wuarchive ftpd (version
2.2 or earlier) take steps to immediately install version 2.3.
If you cannot install the new version in a timely manner, you should
disable FTP service. It is not sufficient to disable anonymous FTP.
You must disable the FTP daemon.
Sites can obtain version 2.3 via anonymous FTP from ftp.uu.net, in the
"/networking/ftp/wuarchive-ftpd" directory. We recommend that you turn
off your FTP server until you have installed the new version.
Be certain to verify the checksum information to confirm that you have
retrieved a valid copy.
BSD SVR4
File Checksum Checksum MD5 Digital Signature
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wu-ftpd-2.3.tar.Z 24416 181 30488 361 e58adc5ce0b6eae34f3f2389e9dc9197
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The CERT Coordination Center wishes to thank Bryan O'Connor and Chris Myers
of Washington University in St. Louis for their invaluable assistance in
resolving this problem. CERT also gratefully acknowledges the help of
Neil Woods and Karl Strickland.
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