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.

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