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HP-UX ftpd glob() Expansion STAT Command Remote Overflow

critical Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 1819

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a buffer overflow.

Description

A buffer overflow in FTP server in HPUX 11 and previous allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by creating a long pathname and calling the STAT command, which uses glob to generate long strings.

Solution

Upgrade or patch according to vendor recommendations.

See Also

http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-07.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 1819

Family: FTP Servers

Published: 8/20/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 11372

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:hp:hp-ux

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2001-0248

BID: 2552