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Caldera International, Inc. Security Advisory
Subject: UnixWare 7: ftpd glob security vulnerability
Advisory number: CSSA-2001-SCO.27
Issue date: 2001 October 15
Cross reference:
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1. Problem Description
The ftpd program is vulnerable to the security vulnerability
described in CERT advisory CA-2001-07.
2. Vulnerable Versions
Operating System Version Affected Files
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UnixWare 7 All /usr/sbin/in.ftpd
3. Workaround
None.
4. UnixWare 7
4.1 Location of Fixed Binaries
ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/unixware/CSSA-2001-SCO.27/
4.2 Verification
md5 checksums:
080551194083e645312089995feb330b erg711697a.Z
md5 is available for download from
ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/tools/
4.3 Installing Fixed Binaries
Upgrade the affected binaries with the following commands:
# uncompress /tmp/erg711697a.Z
# pkgadd -d /tmp/erg711697a
5. References
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-07.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/808552
This and other advisories are located at
http://stage.caldera.com/support/security
This advisory addresses Caldera Security internal incidents
sr846643, fz517224, and erg711697.
6. Disclaimer
Caldera International, Inc. is not responsible for the misuse
of any of the information we provide on our website and/or
through our security advisories. Our advisories are a service
to our customers intended to promote secure installation and
use of Caldera International products.
7. Acknowledgements
Caldera International wishes to thank COVERT Labs at PGP
Security for discovering and reporting this problem.
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