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Debian DSA-686-1 : gftp - missing input sanitising

medium Nessus Plugin ID 17136

Synopsis

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

Description

Albert Puigsech Galicia discovered a directory traversal vulnerability in a proprietary FTP client ( CAN-2004-1376) which is also present in gftp, a GTK+ FTP client. A malicious server could provide a specially crafted filename that could cause arbitrary files to be overwritten or created by the client.

Solution

Upgrade the gftp package.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.11-1woody1.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-686

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 17136

File Name: debian_DSA-686.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/18/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/17/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/10/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0372

DSA: 686