Debian Security Advisory DSA 1217-1 (linux-ftpd)

The remote host is missing an update to linux-ftpd announced via advisory DSA 1217-1. Paul Szabo discovered that the netkit ftp server switches the user id too late, which may lead to the bypass of access restrictions when running on NFS. This update also adds return value checks to setuid calls,...

Debian DSA-1217-1 : linux-ftpd - programming error

Paul Szabo discovered that the netkit ftp server switches the user id too late, which may lead to the bypass of access restrictions when running on NFS. This update also adds return value checks to setuid calls, which may fail in some PAM configurations. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network...