Package: vsftpd
Version: 3.0.3-8+b1
Whenever a client connects to vsftpd, Libgcrypt seems to complain.
Output in syslog:
> vsftpd: Libgcrypt warning: missing initialization - please fix the application
Dependencies of vsftpd:
$ ldd /usr/sbin/vsftpd
linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007fffb43e6000)
libwrap.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwrap.so.0 (0x00007fc652b55000)
libpam.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpam.so.0 (0x00007fc652947000)
libssl.so.1.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libssl.so.1.1
(0x00007fc6526db000)
libcrypto.so.1.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypto.so.1.1
(0x00007fc652242000)
libcap.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcap.so.2 (0x00007fc65203c000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007fc651c9d000)
libnsl.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnsl.so.1 (0x00007fc651a85000)
libaudit.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libaudit.so.1
(0x00007fc65185d000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 (0x00007fc651659000)
libpthread.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0
(0x00007fc65143c000)
/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007fc652f88000)
libcap-ng.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcap-ng.so.0
(0x00007fc651236000)
$
I believe Libgcrypt initialization is missing. The maintainers of
libgcrypt consider that a bug. Even though the issue seems harmless,
it heavily spams the syslog.
I am using Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch), kernel 4.19.0-0.bpo.2-amd64
and libc-2.24.so.