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Debian DSA-406-1 : lftp - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 15243

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Ulf Harnhammar discovered a buffer overflow in lftp, a set of sophisticated command-line FTP/HTTP client programs. An attacker could create a carefully crafted directory on a website so that the execution of an 'ls' or 'rels' command would lead to the execution of arbitrary code on the client machine.

Solution

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.9-1woody2.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-406

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 15243

File Name: debian_DSA-406.nasl

Version: 1.24

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lftp

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/5/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0963

BID: 9210

DSA: 406