RHBA-2012:0537 - 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
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

CVEs

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References

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