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Slackware update for WU-FTPD
Secunia Advisory: SA9828
Release Date: 2003-09-24
Popularity: 6,353 views

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

OS:Slackware Linux 9.0

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
Slackware has issued updated packages for wu-ftpd. These fix an old vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious users to execute arbitrary commands on a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error when FTP conversion is enabled. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary commands via a specially crafted file name, which is interpreted as command line arguments to the conversion program (eg. tar).

Successful exploitation requires that the malicious person has been authenticated by the FTP server.

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