Re: [pgsql-www] FW: (AUSCERT ESB-2003.0563) CERT Advisory CA-2003-21 - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

Agreed on Wu-FTP problems.  BSD/OS switched to away from it long ago.
Glad Red Hat has done the same.

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Justin Clift wrote:
> Ouch.
>
> Wu-FTPd has probably the worst track record on the planet for FTP vulnerabilities.
>
> :(
>
> There are quite a few others out there.  From memory, Red Hat 9 has changed to one called "VSFTPd" by default.
>
> Personally, in regards to knowing which FTP server is the best, I'm better to leave it to others to figure that one
out.
>
> :)
>
> Regards and best wishes,
>
> Justin Clift
>
>
> The Hermit Hacker wrote:
> > any idea what version of ftp they are/were running?  I may be blind, but I
> > dont' see it in the announce, and its not showing up when you ftp into
> > them :(  We're running a fairly recent wu-ftpd, but just want to make
> > sure:
> >
> >     Version wu-2.6.2(1) Wed Jun 4 18:22:39 GMT 2003
> >
> > On Thu, 14 Aug 2003, Justin Clift wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Hi guys,
> >>
> >>Not sure if people have or haven't seen this already.
> >>
> >>The GNU Project's FTP servers were root compromised some time ago, and it was only discovered recently.
> >>
> >>:-(
> >>
> >>Regards and best wishes,
> >>
> >>Justin Clift
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>From:    auscert@auscert.org.au
> >>>Sent:    Thursday, 14 August 2003 1:59 pm
> >>>To:    auscert-subscriber@auscert.org.au
> >>>Subject:    (AUSCERT ESB-2003.0563) CERT Advisory CA-2003-21 - GNU Project FTP Server Compromise
> >>>
> >>>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> >>>
> >>>===========================================================================
> >>>             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
> >>>
> >>>                 ESB-2003.0563 -- CERT Advisory CA-2003-21
> >>>                     GNU Project FTP Server Compromise
> >>>                              14 August 2003
> >>>
> >>>===========================================================================
> >>>
> >>>        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
> >>>        ---------------------------------
> >>>
> >>>Product:                GNU Software
> >>>Publisher:              CERT/CC
> >>>Impact:                 Root Compromise
> >>>                        Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands
> >>>Access Required:        Remote
> >>>
> >>>- --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT--------------------
> >>>
> >>>- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> >>>
> >>>CERT Advisory CA-2003-21 GNU Project FTP Server Compromise
> >>>
> >>>   Original issue date: August 13, 2003
> >>>   Last revised: --
> >>>   Source: CERT/CC
> >>>
> >>>   A complete revision history is at the end of this file.
> >>>
> >>>Overview
> >>>
> >>>   The  CERT/CC has received a report that the system housing the primary
> >>>   FTP servers for the GNU software project was compromised.
> >>>
> >>>I. Description
> >>>
> >>>   The GNU Project, principally sponsored by the Free Software Foundation
> >>>   (FSF),  produces  a  variety of freely available software. The CERT/CC
> >>>   has  learned  that  the system housing the primary FTP servers for the
> >>>   GNU  software  project,  gnuftp.gnu.org,  was  root  compromised by an
> >>>   intruder.  The more common host names of ftp.gnu.org and alpha.gnu.org
> >>>   are  aliases  for  the  same  compromised  system.  The  compromise is
> >>>   reported to have occurred in March of 2003.
> >>>
> >>>   The FSF has released an announcement describing the incident.
> >>>
> >>>   Because  this  system  serves  as  a  centralized  archive  of popular
> >>>   software,  the  insertion  of  malicious  code  into  the  distributed
> >>>   software  is  a  serious  threat. As the above announcement indicates,
> >>>   however,  no  source  code  distributions  are  believed  to have been>
> >>>   maliciously modified at this time.
> >>>
> >>>II. Impact
> >>>
> >>>   The  potential  exists  for  an  intruder to have inserted back doors,
> >>>   Trojan   horses,   or  other  malicious  code  into  the  source  code
> >>>   distributions of software housed on the compromised system.
> >>>
> >>>III. Solution
> >>>
> >>>   We   encourage   sites  using  the  GNU  software  obtained  from  the
> >>>   compromised system to verify the integrity of their distribution.
> >>>
> >>>   Sites  that  mirror  the  source  code  are  encouraged  to verify the
> >>>   integrity of their sources. We also encourage users to inspect any and
> >>>   all  other software that may have been downloaded from the compromised
> >>>   site.  Note that it is not always sufficient to rely on the timestamps
> >>>   or  file  sizes  when trying to determine whether or not a copy of the
> >>>   file has been modified.
> >>>
> >>>Verifying checksums
> >>>
> >>>   The  FSF has produced PGP-signed lists of known-good MD5 hashes of the
> >>>   software packages housed on the compromised server. These lists can be
> >>>   found at
> >>>
> >>>          ftp://ftp.gnu.org/before-2003-08-01.md5sums.asc
> >>>          ftp://alpha.gnu.org/before-2003-08-01.md5sums.asc
> >>>
> >>>   Note that both of these files and the announcement above are signed by
> >>>   Bradley  Kuhn,  Executive  Director of the FSF, with the following PGP
> >>>   key:
> >>>
> >>>pub  1024D/DB41B387 1999-12-09 Bradley M. Kuhn <bkuhn@fsf.org>
> >>>     Key fingerprint = 4F40 645E 46BE 0131 48F9  92F6 E775 E324 DB41 B387
> >>>uid                            Bradley M. Kuhn (bkuhn99) <bkuhn@ebb.org>
> >>>uid                            Bradley M. Kuhn <bkuhn@gnu.org>
> >>>sub  2048g/75CA9CB3 1999-12-09
> >>>
> >>>   The CERT/CC believes this key to be valid.
> >>>
> >>>   As a matter of good security practice, the CERT/CC encourages users to
> >>>   verify,  whenever  possible, the integrity of downloaded software. For
> >>>   more information, see IN-2001-06.
> >>>
> >>>Appendix A. - Vendor Information
> >>>
> >>>   This  appendix  contains  information  provided  by  vendors  for this
> >>>   advisory.  As  vendors  report new information to the CERT/CC, we will
> >>>   update this section and note the changes in our revision history. If a
> >>>   particular  vendor  is  not  listed  below, we have not received their
> >>>   comments.
> >>>
> >>>Free Software Foundation
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>   The current files on alpha.gnu.org and ftp.gnu.org as of 2003-08-02 have
> >>>   all been verified, and their md5sums and the reasons we believe the
> >>>   md5sums can be trusted are in:
> >>>
> >>>       ftp://ftp.gnu.org/before-2003-08-01.md5sums.asc
> >>>       ftp://alpha.gnu.org/before-2003-08-01.md5sums.asc
> >>>
> >>>   We are updating that file and the site as we confirm good md5sums of
> >>>   additional files.  It is theoretically possible that downloads between
> >>>   March 2003 and July 2003 might have been source-compromised, so we
> >>>   encourage everyone to re-download sources and compare with the current
> >>>   copies for files on the site.
> >>>
> >>>Appendix B. References
> >>>
> >>>     * FSF      announcement      regarding      the      incident      -
> >>>       ftp://ftp.gnu.org/MISSING-FILES.README
> >>>     * CERT Incident Note IN-2001-06 -
> >>>       http://www.cert.org/incident_notes/IN-2001-06.html
> >>>     _________________________________________________________________
> >>>
> >>>   The  CERT/CC  thanks Bradley Kuhn and Brett Smith of the Free Software
> >>>   Foundation for their timely assistance in this matter.
> >>>     _________________________________________________________________
> >>>
> >>>   Feedback can be directed to the author: Chad Dougherty.
> >>>   ______________________________________________________________________
> >>>
> >>>   This document is available from:
> >>>   http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-21.html
> >>>   ______________________________________________________________________
> >>>
> >>>CERT/CC Contact Information
> >>>
> >>>   Email: cert@cert.org
> >>>          Phone: +1 412-268-7090 (24-hour hotline)
> >>>          Fax: +1 412-268-6989>
> >>>          Postal address:
> >>>          CERT Coordination Center
> >>>          Software Engineering Institute
> >>>          Carnegie Mellon University
> >>>          Pittsburgh PA 15213-3890
> >>>          U.S.A.
> >>>
> >>>   CERT/CC   personnel   answer  the  hotline  08:00-17:00  EST(GMT-5)  /
> >>>   EDT(GMT-4)  Monday  through  Friday;  they are on call for emergencies
> >>>   during other hours, on U.S. holidays, and on weekends.
> >>>
> >>>Using encryption
> >>>
> >>>   We  strongly  urge you to encrypt sensitive information sent by email.
> >>>   Our public PGP key is available from
> >>>   http://www.cert.org/CERT_PGP.key
> >>>
> >>>   If  you  prefer  to  use  DES,  please  call the CERT hotline for more
> >>>   information.
> >>>
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> >>>
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> >>>   ______________________________________________________________________
> >>>
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> >>>   Revision History
> >>>August 13, 2003: Initial release
> >>>
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