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FileZilla FTP Client Unspecified Overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 21565

Synopsis

The remote Windows host has an application is that affected by a remote buffer overflow vulnerability.

Description

According to its version, the FileZilla FTP client installed on the remote host is affected by an unspecified buffer overflow vulnerability. It may be possible to exploit this issue remotely by tricking a user into connecting to a malicious FTP site using the affected client. Remote code execution would then be possible subject to the user's privileges.

Solution

Upgrade to FileZilla client version 2.2.23 or later.

See Also

https://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 21565

File Name: filezilla_client_buffer_overflow.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 5/15/2006

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:filezilla:filezilla

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated, SMB/filezilla/Installed

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/16/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-2403

BID: 17972