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WS_FTP Home / Professional Format String Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA31504
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Release Date:
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2008-08-19
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Last Update:
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2008-09-19
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Popularity:
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2,708 views
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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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Partial Fix
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| Software: | Ipswitch WS_FTP Home 2007
Ipswitch WS_FTP Professional 2007
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2008-3734
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Description:
securfrog has discovered a vulnerability in WS_FTP Home and Professional, which can be exploited by malicious people to potentially compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a format string error when processing responses of the FTP server. This can be exploited by e.g. tricking a user into connecting to a malicious FTP server.
Successful exploitation may allow the execution of arbitrary code.
The vulnerability is confirmed in WS_FTP Home version 2007.0.0.2 and WS_FTP Professional version 2007.1.0.0. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
The vendor has issued hotfixes for some versions.
WS_FTP Professional 2007.1 Hotfix 1 (full English version only):
http://www.ipswitch.com/support/ws_ftp/releases/wsp20071hf1.asp
WS_FTP Home 2007 Hotfix 1 for version 2007.0.0.2 (full English version only):
http://www.ipswitch.com/support/ws_ftp/home/releases/wsh2007hf1.asp
Connect to trusted servers only.
Provided and/or discovered by:
securfrog
Changelog:
2008-08-22: Added CVE reference.
2008-09-19: Updated "Solution" section.
Original Advisory:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/6257
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