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FreeBSD : gftp -- directory traversal vulnerability (2d8cf857-81ea-11d9-a9e7-0001020eed82)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 18888

Synopsis

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

Description

A Debian Security Advisory reports :

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

Update the affected package.

See Also

https://www.gftp.org/changelog.html

http://www.nessus.org/u?449d2abe

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 18888

File Name: freebsd_pkg_2d8cf85781ea11d9a9e70001020eed82.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Published: 7/13/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:gftp, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 2/18/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/4/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0372

BID: 12539

DSA: 686