Re: Security issues in 2.4.9 and beyond

From: Florian Weimer (Florian.Weimer@RUS.Uni-Stuttgart.DE)
Date: Tue Dec 18 2001 - 13:04:14 EST

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Martin Josefsson <gandalf@wlug.westbo.se> writes:

> > This is what I have so far for 2.4.9:
> > 1. Netfilter mac address matching bug
> > 2. ptrace race condition
> > 3. symlink DoS
> > 4. syncookie/netfilter bug
> > 5. Netfilter FTP conntrack bug (can someone confirm this ??)
>
> #5 was fixed in 2.4.5 I believe.

There are rumours about a buffer overflow in the PASV command, which
was silently fixed (it's not related to earlier FTP connection
tracking problems which could lead to filter evasion).

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