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XLight FTP Server SFTP Directory Traversal

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 5593

Synopsis

The remote SFTP service is vulnerable to a directory traversal attack.

Description

The remote host is running XLight FTP server with the SFTP service enabled.

Versions of XLight FTP server 3.x earlier than 3.6.0 are potentially affected by a directory traversal vulnerability in the SFTP service. A remote authenticated attacker, exploiting this flaw, can read arbitrary files on the affected host.

Solution

Upgrade to XLight FTP Server 3.6 or later.

See Also

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/512192/30/0/threaded

http://www.xlightftpd.com/whatsnew.htm

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 5593

Family: SSH

Published: 7/7/2010

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 47680

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:xlightftpd:xlight_ftp_server

Patch Publication Date: 7/4/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/5/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-2695

BID: 41399