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TITLE:
Gentoo update for netkit-ftpd

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA28697

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28697/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/339/

DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has acknowledged a vulnerability in netkit-ftpd, which can be
exploited by malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error within ftpd.c when using
the "fclose()" function on an uninitialised stream, which can be
exploited to crash a vulnerable server by sending specially crafted
FTP commands and data.

SOLUTION:
Update to "net-ftp/netkit-ftpd-0.17-r7" or later.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Venustech AD-LAB.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200801-17.xml
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199206

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