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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200309-16
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          PACKAGE : net-ftp/proftpd
          SUMMARY : ASCII File Remote Compromise Vulnerability
             DATE : 2003-09-28 00:37 UTC
          EXPLOIT : remote
VERSIONS AFFECTED : <proftpd-1.2.9_rc2
    FIXED VERSION : =proftpd-1.2.9_rc2
    GENTOO BUG ID : 29452
              CVE : none that we are aware of at this time
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SUMMARY:

 ISS X-Force discovered a vulnerability that could be triggered when a
 specially crafted file is uploaded to a proftpd server.

 Read the full advisory at:
  http://www.proftpd.org/

SOLUTION:

 It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running
 net-ftp/proftpd upgrade to proftpd-1.29_rc2 as follows

 emerge sync
 emerge '>=net-ftp/proftpd-1.2.9_rc2'
 emerge clean