Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200502-27 (gFTP)

Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200502-27.
Solution
All gFTP users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-ftp/gftp-2.0.18-r1' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200502-27 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=81994 http://archives.seul.org/gftp/announce/Feb-2005/msg00000.html
Insight
gFTP is vulnerable to directory traversal attacks, possibly leading to the creation or overwriting of arbitrary files.