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Multiple Vendor FTPD realpath Vulnerability

There is a vulnerability in ProFTPD versions 1.2.0pre1 and earlier and in wu-ftpd 2.4.2 (beta 18) VR9 and earlier. This vulnerability is a buffer overflow triggered by unusually long path names (directory structures). For example, if a user has write privilages he or she may create an unusually long pathname which due to insuficient bounds checking in ProFTPD will overwrite the stack. This will allow the attacker to insert their own instruction set on the stack to be excuted thereby elavating their access.

The problem is in a bad implementation of the "realpath" function.







 

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