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FtpLocate Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA16218
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Release Date:
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2005-07-27
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Last Update:
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2005-08-05
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Popularity:
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5,243 views
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Critical:
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Highly critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| Software: | FtpLocate 1.x
FtpLocate 2.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2005-2420
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Description:
newbug has reported a vulnerability in FtpLocate, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
Input passed to the "fsite" parameter in flsearch.pl and flmodule.pl is not properly sanitised before it is used as command line argument. This can be exploited to inject arbitrary shell commands by injecting "|" or ";" characters.
Successful exploitation allows execution of commands with privileges of the web server.
The vulnerability has been reported in versions 1.5 through 2.02.
Solution:
Filter malicious characters and character sequences in a proxy or firewall with URL filtering capabilities.
Provided and/or discovered by:
newbug, Chroot Security Group.
Changelog:
2005-08-05: Added CVE reference.
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