Debian Security Advisory
DSA-084-1 gftp -- Information Retrieval
- Date Reported:
- 18 Oct 2001
- Affected Packages:
- gftp
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 3446.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-1999-1562. - More information:
-
Stephane Gaudreault told
us that version 2.0.6a of gftp displays the
password in plain text on the screen within the log window when it is
logging into an ftp server. A malicious colleague who is watching the
screen could gain access to the users shell on the remote machine.
This problem has been fixed by the Security Team in version 2.0.6a-3.2 for the stable Debian GNU/Linux 2.2.
We recommend that you upgrade your gftp package.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 (potato)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/source/gftp_2.0.6a.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/source/gftp_2.0.6a-3.2.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/source/gftp_2.0.6a-3.2.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/source/gftp_2.0.6a-3.2.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-alpha/gftp_2.0.6a-3.2_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-arm/gftp_2.0.6a-3.2_arm.deb
- Intel ia32:
- http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-i386/gftp_2.0.6a-3.2_i386.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-m68k/gftp_2.0.6a-3.2_m68k.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-powerpc/gftp_2.0.6a-3.2_powerpc.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-sparc/gftp_2.0.6a-3.2_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.