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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200801-17">
+ <title>Netkit FTP Server: Denial of Service</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ Netkit FTP Server contains a Denial of Service vulnerability.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">netkit-ftpd</product>
+ <announced>2008-01-29</announced>
+ <revised>2008-01-29: 01</revised>
+ <bug>199206</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="net-ftp/netkit-ftpd" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">0.17-r7</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">0.17-r7</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ net-ftp/netkit-ftpd is the Linux Netkit FTP server with optional SSL
+ support.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ Venustech AD-LAB discovered that an FTP client connected to a
+ vulnerable server with passive mode and SSL support can trigger an
+ fclose() function call on an uninitialized stream in ftpd.c.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ A remote attacker can send specially crafted FTP data to a server with
+ passive mode and SSL support, causing the ftpd daemon to crash.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ Disable passive mode or SSL.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All Netkit FTP Server users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-ftp/netkit-ftpd-0.17-r7"</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6263">CVE-2007-6263</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2008-01-27T19:17:40Z">
+ rbu
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2008-01-28T18:03:07Z">
+ falco
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2008-01-28T18:03:42Z">
+ falco
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>