COMMAND
proftpd
SYSTEMS AFFECTED
Debian
PROBLEM
Following is based on a DSA-032-1 Advisory. The following
problems have been reported for the version of proftpd in Debian
2.2 (potato):
1. There is a configuration error in the postinst script, when
the user enters 'yes', when asked if anonymous access should be
enabled. The postinst script wrongly leaves the 'run as
uid/gid root' configuration option in /etc/proftpd.conf, and
adds a 'run as uid/gid nobody' option that has no effect.
2. There is a bug that comes up when /var is a symlink, and
proftpd is restarted. When stopping proftpd, the /var symlink
is removed; when it's started again a file named /var is
created.
SOLUTION
Patches:
http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/source/proftpd_1.2.0pre10-2.0potato1.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/source/proftpd_1.2.0pre10-2.0potato1.dsc
http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/source/proftpd_1.2.0pre10.orig.tar.gz
http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-alpha/proftpd_1.2.0pre10-2.0potato1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-arm/proftpd_1.2.0pre10-2.0potato1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-i386/proftpd_1.2.0pre10-2.0potato1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-m68k/proftpd_1.2.0pre10-2.0potato1_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-powerpc/proftpd_1.2.0pre10-2.0potato1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-sparc/proftpd_1.2.0pre10-2.0potato1_sparc.deb