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high7.5

CVE-2001-0456

postinst installation script for Proftpd in Debian 2.2 does not properly change the "run as uid/gid root" configuration when the user enables anonymous access,…

Impact

postinst installation script for Proftpd in Debian 2.2 does not properly change the "run as uid/gid root" configuration when the user enables anonymous access, which causes the server to run at a higher privilege than intended.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
DebianDebian Linux
Version 2.2

References