Issued:
2012-04-30
Updated:
2012-04-30

RHBA-2012:0537 - vsftpd bug fix update

Synopsis

vsftpd bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated vsftpd packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The vsftpd package includes a Very Secure FTP (File Transfer Protocol) daemon.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Previously, the vsftpd daemon did not correctly handle a situation when it received the EADDRINUSE error from a TCP port which vsftpd was listening on. In such a case, vsftpd immediately sent an error message to an FTP client instead of retrying to use the port. This update modifies error handling of vsftpd so that the daemon now retries to use the port before sending the error message to the FTP client in this scenario. (BZ#813567)

All users of vsftpd are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this bug.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian5ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems5s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5i386

Updated Packages

  • vsftpd-2.0.5-24.el5_8.1.src.rpm
  • vsftpd-2.0.5-24.el5_8.1.ppc.rpm
  • vsftpd-2.0.5-24.el5_8.1.i386.rpm
  • vsftpd-2.0.5-24.el5_8.1.ia64.rpm
  • vsftpd-2.0.5-24.el5_8.1.s390x.rpm
  • vsftpd-2.0.5-24.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information