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ProFTPD ASCII Mode File Transfer Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA9829
Release Date: 2003-09-24
Last Update: 2003-10-30
Popularity: 15,341 views

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

Software:ProFTPD 1.2.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
A vulnerability has been identified in ProFTPD, which can be exploited by malicious users to compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the ASCII file transfer component when translating newline characters. This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow by uploading and then downloading a specially crafted file.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the FTP server but requires that the person is logged in and has write access to a directory.

The vulnerability has been reported in the following versions:
* ProFTPD 1.2.7
* ProFTPD 1.2.8
* ProFTPD 1.2.8rc1
* ProFTPD 1.2.8rc2
* ProFTPD 1.2.9rc1
* ProFTPD 1.2.9rc2

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