CVE-2008-4247 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2008-4247: ftpd in OpenBSD 4.3, FreeBSD 7.0, NetBSD 4.0, Solaris, and possibly other operating systems interprets long commands from an FTP client as multiple commands, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks and execute arbitrary FTP commands via a long ftp:// URI th

Affects 2 Linux releases across 4 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2008-4247 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

linux-ftpd→ fixed in0.17-29urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y linux-ftpd
```
linux-ftpd-ssl→ fixed in0.17.27+0.3-3urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y linux-ftpd-ssl
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

linux-ftpd→ fixed in0.17-29urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y linux-ftpd
```
linux-ftpd-ssl→ fixed in0.17.27+0.3-3urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y linux-ftpd-ssl
```

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