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Transmit "sftp://" URI Handler Buffer Overflow
Release Date: 2007-01-22 Last Update: 2007-06-12 Views: 22,985
Secunia Advisory SA23861
Where:
From remote
Impact:
DoS, System access,
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
CVE Reference(s):
Description
KF and LMH have reported a vulnerability in Transmit, which can potentially be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the processing of "sftp://" URIs and can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via an overly long string.
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code when e.g. visiting a malicious website.
The vulnerability is reported in version 3.5.5. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Update to version 3.5.6.
Provided and/or discovered by:
KF and LMH
Original Advisory:
http://www.panic.com/transmit/releasenotes.html
MOAB:
http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-19-01-2007.html
Deep Links:
Links available to Secunia VIM customers
Do you have additional information related to this advisory?
Please provide information about patches, mitigating factors, new versions, exploits, faulty patches, links, and other relevant data by posting comments to this Advisory. You can also send this information to vuln@secunia.com
Subject: Transmit "sftp://" URI Handler Buffer Overflow
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