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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="200611-05">
<title>Netkit FTP Server: Privilege escalation</title>
<synopsis>
An incorrect seteuid() call could allow an FTP user to access some files or
directories that would normally be inaccessible.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">ftpd</product>
<announced>2006-11-10</announced>
<revised count="02">2007-12-30</revised>
<bug>150292</bug>
<access>remote</access>
<affected>
<package name="net-ftp/netkit-ftpd" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">0.17-r4</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">0.17-r4</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>
net-ftp/netkit-ftpd is the Linux Netkit FTP server with optional SSL support.
</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>
Paul Szabo reported that an incorrect seteuid() call after the chdir()
function can allow an attacker to access a normally forbidden
directory, in some very particular circumstances, for example when the
NFS-hosted targetted directory is not reachable by the client-side root
user. Additionally, some potentially exploitable unchecked setuid()
calls were also fixed.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="high">
<p>
A local attacker might craft his home directory to gain access through
ftpd to normally forbidden directories like /root, possibly with
writing permissions if seteuid() fails and if the ftpd configuration
allows that. The unchecked setuid() calls could also lead to a root FTP
login, depending on the FTP server configuration.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>
There is no known workaround at this time.
</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-r4"</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5778">CVE-2006-5778</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2006-10-24T15:02:54Z">
falco
</metadata>
<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2006-10-24T15:03:34Z">
falco
</metadata>
</glsa>