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ProFTPD "sreplace()" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA22803
Release Date: 2006-11-10
Last Update: 2006-11-28
Popularity: 15,167 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:ProFTPD 1.3.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-5815


Description:
Evgeny Legerov has reported a vulnerability in ProFTPD, which potentially can be exploited by malicious user's to compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an off-by-one error within the "sreplace()" function in src/support.c. This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow by e.g. uploading a malicious ".message" file or sending specially crafted commands to the server.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability is reported in version 1.3.0. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Update to version 1.3.0a.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Evgeny Legerov, GLEG Ltd.

Changelog:
2006-11-28: Added additional information provided by Evengy Legerov, changed "Solution" section.

Original Advisory:
Advisory by Evgeny Legerov:
http://gleg.net/proftpd.txt

ProFTPD Bug #2858:
http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2858


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