Summary
The remote host is missing an update to gftp
announced via advisory DSA 686-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20686-1
Insight
Albert Puigsech Galicia discovered a directory traversal vulnerability in a proprietary FTP client (CVE-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.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.11-1woody1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.18-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your gftp package.
Severity
Classification
-
CVE CVE-2004-1376, CVE-2005-0372 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Related Vulnerabilities