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	    Caldera International, Inc. Security Advisory

Subject:		UnixWare 7: ftpd glob security vulnerability
Advisory number: 	CSSA-2001-SCO.27
Issue date: 		2001 October 15
Cross reference:
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1. Problem Description
	
	The ftpd program is vulnerable to the security vulnerability
	described in CERT advisory CA-2001-07.


2. Vulnerable Versions

	Operating System	Version		Affected Files
	------------------------------------------------------------------
	UnixWare 7		All		/usr/sbin/in.ftpd


3. Workaround

	None.


4. UnixWare 7

  4.1 Location of Fixed Binaries

	ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/unixware/CSSA-2001-SCO.27/


  4.2 Verification

	md5 checksums:
	
	080551194083e645312089995feb330b	erg711697a.Z


	md5 is available for download from

		ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/tools/


  4.3 Installing Fixed Binaries

	Upgrade the affected binaries with the following commands:

	# uncompress /tmp/erg711697a.Z
	# pkgadd -d /tmp/erg711697a


5. References

	http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-07.html
	http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/808552

	This and other advisories are located at
		http://stage.caldera.com/support/security

	This advisory addresses Caldera Security internal incidents
	sr846643, fz517224, and erg711697.

6. Disclaimer

	Caldera International, Inc. is not responsible for the misuse
	of any of the information we provide on our website and/or
	through our security advisories. Our advisories are a service
	to our customers intended to promote secure installation and
	use of Caldera International products.


7. Acknowledgements

	Caldera International wishes to thank COVERT Labs at PGP
	Security for discovering and reporting this problem.

	 
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