Debian Security Advisory

DSA-084-1 gftp -- Information Retrieval

Date Reported:
18 Oct 2001
Affected Packages:
gftp
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 3446.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-1999-1562.
More information:
Stephane Gaudreault told us that version 2.0.6a of gftp displays the password in plain text on the screen within the log window when it is logging into an ftp server. A malicious colleague who is watching the screen could gain access to the users shell on the remote machine.

This problem has been fixed by the Security Team in version 2.0.6a-3.2 for the stable Debian GNU/Linux 2.2.

We recommend that you upgrade your gftp package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 (potato)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/source/gftp_2.0.6a.orig.tar.gz
http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/source/gftp_2.0.6a-3.2.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/source/gftp_2.0.6a-3.2.dsc
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-alpha/gftp_2.0.6a-3.2_alpha.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-arm/gftp_2.0.6a-3.2_arm.deb
Intel ia32:
http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-i386/gftp_2.0.6a-3.2_i386.deb
Motorola 680x0:
http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-m68k/gftp_2.0.6a-3.2_m68k.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-powerpc/gftp_2.0.6a-3.2_powerpc.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-sparc/gftp_2.0.6a-3.2_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.