Issued:

2012-11-09

Updated:

2013-02-20

RHBA-2012:1444 - ftp bug fix update

Synopsis

ftp bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated ftp packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The ftp packages provide the standard UNIX command line File Transfer Protocol (FTP) client. FTP is a widely used protocol for transferring files over the Internet, and for archiving files.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Prior to this update, the ftp client could encounter a buffer overflow and aborted if a macro longer than 200 characters was defined and then used after a connection. This update modifies the underlying code and the buffer that holds memory for the macro name was extended. Now, ftp matches the length of the command line limit and the ftp client no longer aborts when a macro with a long name is executed. (BZ#869858)

All users of ftp 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 https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• ftp-0.17-53.el6.ppc64.rpm
• ftp-0.17-53.el6.x86_64.rpm
• ftp-debuginfo-0.17-53.el6.x86_64.rpm
• ftp-debuginfo-0.17-53.el6.i686.rpm
• ftp-debuginfo-0.17-53.el6.ppc64.rpm
• ftp-0.17-53.el6.i686.rpm
• ftp-debuginfo-0.17-53.el6.s390x.rpm
• ftp-0.17-53.el6.s390x.rpm
• ftp-0.17-53.el6.src.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information

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