{ "document": { "aggregate_severity": { "namespace": "https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/", "text": "Critical" }, "category": "csaf_security_advisory", "csaf_version": "2.0", "distribution": { "text": "Copyright © Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved.", "tlp": { "label": "WHITE", "url": "https://www.first.org/tlp/" } }, "lang": "en", "notes": [ { "category": "summary", "text": "Updated wu-ftpd packages are available to fix an overflowable buffer.", "title": "Topic" }, { "category": "general", "text": "An overflowable buffer exists in earlier versions of wu-ftpd.\nAn attacker could gain access to the machine by sending malicious \ncommands.\n\nIt is recommended that all users of wu-ftpd upgrade to the lastest\nversion.", "title": "Details" }, { "category": "legal_disclaimer", "text": "This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). If you distribute this content, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Red Hat Inc. and provide a link to the original.", "title": "Terms of Use" } ], "publisher": { "category": "vendor", "contact_details": "https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/", "issuing_authority": "Red Hat Product Security is responsible for vulnerability handling across all Red Hat products and services.", "name": "Red Hat Product Security", "namespace": "https://www.redhat.com" }, "references": [ { "category": "self", "summary": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2001:157", "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2001:157" }, { "category": "self", "summary": "Canonical URL", "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2001/rhsa-2001_157.json" } ], "title": "Red Hat Security Advisory: : Updated wu-ftpd packages are available", "tracking": { "current_release_date": "2025-11-21T17:24:43+00:00", "generator": { "date": "2025-11-21T17:24:43+00:00", "engine": { "name": "Red Hat SDEngine", "version": "4.6.12" } }, "id": "RHSA-2001:157", "initial_release_date": "2001-11-27T23:35:00+00:00", "revision_history": [ { "date": "2001-11-27T23:35:00+00:00", "number": "1", "summary": "Initial version" }, { "date": "2001-11-20T00:00:00+00:00", "number": "2", "summary": "Last updated version" }, { "date": "2025-11-21T17:24:43+00:00", "number": "3", "summary": "Last generated version" } ], "status": "final", "version": "3" } }, "product_tree": { "branches": [ { "branches": [ { "branches": [ { "category": "product_name", "name": "Red Hat Linux 6.2", "product": { "name": "Red Hat Linux 6.2", "product_id": "Red Hat Linux 6.2", "product_identification_helper": { "cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:linux:6.2" } } }, { "category": "product_name", "name": "Red Hat Linux 7.0", "product": { "name": "Red Hat Linux 7.0", "product_id": "Red Hat Linux 7.0", "product_identification_helper": { "cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:linux:7.0" } } }, { "category": "product_name", "name": "Red Hat Linux 7.1", "product": { "name": "Red Hat Linux 7.1", "product_id": "Red Hat Linux 7.1", "product_identification_helper": { "cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:linux:7.1" } } }, { "category": "product_name", "name": "Red Hat Linux 7.2", "product": { "name": "Red Hat Linux 7.2", "product_id": "Red Hat Linux 7.2", "product_identification_helper": { "cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:linux:7.2" } } } ], "category": "product_family", "name": "Red Hat Linux" } ], "category": "vendor", "name": "Red Hat" } ] }, "vulnerabilities": [ { "cve": "CVE-2001-0550", "ids": [ { "system_name": "Red Hat Bugzilla ID", "text": "1616595" } ], "notes": [ { "category": "description", "text": "wu-ftpd 2.6.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a \"~{\" argument to commands such as CWD, which is not properly handled by the glob function (ftpglob).", "title": "Vulnerability description" }, { "category": "summary", "text": "security flaw", "title": "Vulnerability summary" } ], "product_status": { "fixed": [ "Red Hat Linux 6.2", "Red Hat Linux 7.0", "Red Hat Linux 7.1", "Red Hat Linux 7.2" ] }, "references": [ { "category": "self", "summary": "Canonical URL", "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2001-0550" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "RHBZ#1616595", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616595" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2001-0550", "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2001-0550" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0550", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0550" } ], "release_date": "2001-04-30T00:00:00+00:00", "remediations": [ { "category": "vendor_fix", "date": "2001-11-27T23:35:00+00:00", "details": "Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata\nrelevant to your system have been applied.\n\nTo update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run:\n\nrpm -Fvh [filenames]\n\nwhere [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those\nRPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are\nnot installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you\ncan also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains the\ndesired RPMs.\n\nPlease note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many\npeople find this an easier way to apply updates. To use Red Hat Network,\nlaunch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:\n\nup2date\n\nThis will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate\nRPMs being upgraded on your system.", "product_ids": [ "Red Hat Linux 6.2", "Red Hat Linux 7.0", "Red Hat Linux 7.1", "Red Hat Linux 7.2" ], "restart_required": { "category": "none" }, "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2001:157" } ], "threats": [ { "category": "impact", "details": "Critical" } ], "title": "security flaw" } ] }