ProFTPD Request Processing Bug Permits Cross-Site Request Forgery Attacks
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1020945 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1020945
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2008-4247
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Sep 25 2008
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Impact:
Execution of arbitrary code via network
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 1.3.2rc2 and prior versions
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in ProFTPD. A remote user can conduct cross-site request forgery attacks.
Long 'ftp://' URLs may be split by the FTP server into multiple requests. A remote user can create a specially crafted 'ftp://' URL that, when loaded by the authenticated target user, will cause arbitrary commands to be executed on the target FTP server with the privileges of the target user.
Maksymilian Arciemowicz of securityreason.com reported this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A remote user can cause arbitrary commands to be executed by the authenticated target user on the target ProFTPD site.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a source code fix, available via CVS.
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Vendor URL: www.proftpd.org/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Input validation error
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Underlying OS:
Linux (Any), UNIX (Any)
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Message History:
This archive entry has one or more follow-up message(s) listed below.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:48:44 -0400
Subject: ProFTPD
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http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3115
CVE-2008-4247
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