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FireFTP Extension for Firefox Directory Traversal Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA30284
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Release Date:
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2008-05-20
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Last Update:
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2008-06-04
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Critical:
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Moderately 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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Vendor Workaround
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| Software: | FireFTP 0.x (extension for Firefox)
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2008-2399 (Secunia mirror)
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Description:
Tan Chew Keong has reported a vulnerability in the FireFTP extension for Firefox, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error when processing responses to the "MLSD" and "LIST" commands from an FTP server. This can be exploited to write files to arbitrary locations on a user's system when a user is enticed e.g. to download a directory containing files with directory traversal sequences in the filename from a malicious FTP server.
The vulnerability is reported in version 0.97.1. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Fixed in development version 0.98.20080518.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Tan Chew Keong
Changelog:
2008-05-22: Added link to US-CERT.
2008-06-04: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://vuln.sg/fireftp0971-en.html
Other References:
US-CERT VU#906907:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/906907
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