Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 10:30:43 -0600 From: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.org> To: Alexandr Kovalenko <never@nevermind.kiev.ua> Cc: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/libexec/ftpd ftpd.c Message-ID: <20030122163043.GA1235@viam.celabo.org> In-Reply-To: <20030121160321.GC93761@nevermind.kiev.ua> References: <200301210513.h0L5D2DB061636@repoman.freebsd.org> <20030121160321.GC93761@nevermind.kiev.ua>
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On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 06:03:21PM +0200, Alexandr Kovalenko wrote: > Hello, Crist J. Clark! > > On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 09:13:02PM -0800, you wrote: > > > cjc 2003/01/20 21:13:02 PST > > > > Modified files: > > libexec/ftpd ftpd.c > > Log: > > The FTP daemon was vulnerable to a DoS where an attacker could bind() > > up port 20 for an extended period of time and thus lock out all other > > users from establishing PORT data connections. Don't hold on to the > > bind() while we loop around waiting to see if we can make our > > connection. > > > > Being a DoS, it has security implications, giving it a short MFC > > time. > > > > MFC after: 1 day > > Will it also be merged to RELENG_4_X ? There are no plans to issue an advisory for this issue, nor any plans to merge it to the security branches (the two go hand in hand). Cheers, -- Jacques A. Vidrine <nectar@celabo.org> http://www.celabo.org/ NTT/Verio SME . FreeBSD UNIX . Heimdal Kerberos jvidrine@verio.net . nectar@FreeBSD.org . nectar@kth.se To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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