GLSA Bodhisattva
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Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2005 4:56 pm Post subject: [ GLSA 200502-27 ] gFTP: Directory traversal vulnerability |
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
Title: gFTP: Directory traversal vulnerability (GLSA 200502-27)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: remote
Date: February 19, 2005
Bug(s): #81994
ID: 200502-27
Synopsis
gFTP is vulnerable to directory traversal attacks, possibly leading to the creation or overwriting of arbitrary files.
Background
gFTP is a GNOME based, multi-threaded file transfer client.
Affected Packages
Package: net-ftp/gftp
Vulnerable: < 2.0.18-r1
Unaffected: >= 2.0.18-r1
Architectures: All supported architectures
Description
gFTP lacks input validation of filenames received by remote servers.
Impact
An attacker could entice a user to connect to a malicious FTP server and conduct a directory traversal attack by making use of specially crafted filenames. This could lead to arbitrary files being created or overwritten.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All gFTP users should upgrade to the latest version: Code: | # emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-ftp/gftp-2.0.18-r1" |
References
gFTP Announcement
CAN-2005-0372
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