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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.55876
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-896-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'linux-ftpd-ssl' package(s) announced via the DSA-896-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'linux-ftpd-ssl' package(s) announced via the DSA-896-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
A buffer overflow has been discovered in ftpd-ssl, a simple BSD FTP server with SSL encryption support, that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain linux-ftpd-ssl packages.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.17.18+0.3-3sarge1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.17.18+0.3-5.

We recommend that you upgrade your ftpd-ssl package.

Affected Software/OS:
'linux-ftpd-ssl' package(s) on Debian 3.1.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
10.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-3524
BugTraq ID: 15343
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15343
Debian Security Information: DSA-896 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-896
http://seclists.org/lists/fulldisclosure/2005/Nov/0140.html
http://www.osvdb.org/20530
http://secunia.com/advisories/17465
http://secunia.com/advisories/17529
http://secunia.com/advisories/17586
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2330
XForce ISS Database: Linux-ftpd-ssl-vsprintf-bo(23016)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23016
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