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R: Re: [oss-security] vsftpd download backdoored


From: "pinto.elia () gmail com" <pinto.elia () gmail com>
Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2011 05:22:45 +0000

Sorry for not quoting. Just for Info rpm5 have all the necessary for embedding all these check in a spec file from 
years. Regards. Elia
----Messaggio originale----
Da: Moritz Muehlenhoff
Inviato:  04/07/2011, 18:56 
A: oss-security () lists openwall com
Oggetto: Re: [oss-security] vsftpd download backdoored



Solar Designer wrote:

Here's a great example of why maintainers should sign their release
tarballs, why distributions should insist on that, and why they should
actually check the signatures indeed.

I think we should be referring to this when convincing people to do that
(I had moderate success so far - some projects started signing their
tarballs after my suggestions/requests, some did not).

http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2011/07/alert-vsftpd-download-backdoored.html

New vsftpd homepage:

https://security.appspot.com/vsftpd.html

IIRC for such backdoored downloads CVE IDs were assigned in the past
to properly track the status of distributions providing the affected 
piece of code. 

Can someone please assign an ID for this?

Cheers,
        Moritz


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