Re: vsftpd CVE-2007-5962 (Red Hat / Fedora specific)

[Jonathan Smith <smithj () freethemallocs com>]

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Michail Litvak wrote:
> Hello Jonathan Smith! 
>
>  Wed, May 21, 2008 at 11:34:42AM -0800, smithj wrote about "Re: [oss-security] vsftpd CVE-2007-5962 (Red Hat / Fedora 
> specific)": 
>
> > Tomas Hoger wrote:
> > | This is just a heads-up.  We are releasing updated vsftpd packages
> > | containing a fix for a minor memory leak identified by CVE-2007-5962.
> >
> > The memory leak itself is CVE-2007-5962? Or is the CVE for the original
> > issue where deny_hosts didn't work as expected? It doesn't seem to be
> > public.
>
> As I understand RH released patch to fix problem with deny_file
> statement (not hosts) -- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=174764
>
> But introduce memory leak (CVE-2007-5962) and release package with
> fixed version of their patch.
>
> Please correct me if I make mistake, but seems this is a typo and
> You mean deny_file, not deny_hosts.

You are correct. Someone from rPath also noticed this, but I guess I
never followed up and corrected myself on oss-security :)

        smithj

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