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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200502-27
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: gFTP: Directory traversal vulnerability
Date: February 19, 2005
Bugs: #81994
ID: 200502-27
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Synopsis
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gFTP is vulnerable to directory traversal attacks, possibly leading to
the creation or overwriting of arbitrary files.
Background
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gFTP is a GNOME based, multi-threaded file transfer client.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-ftp/gftp < 2.0.18-r1 >= 2.0.18-r1
Description
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gFTP lacks input validation of filenames received by remote servers.
Impact
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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
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All gFTP users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-ftp/gftp-2.0.18-r1"
References
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[ 1 ] gFTP Announcement
http://archives.seul.org/gftp/announce/Feb-2005/msg00000.html
[ 2 ] CAN-2005-0372
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0372
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200502-27.xml
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@xxxxxxxxxx or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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