ProFTPD URL cross-site request forgery
| proftpd-url-csrf (45274) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
ProFTPD is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input when handling certain FTP URLs. By persuading an authenticated user to click on a specially-crafted FTP URL link containing FTP commands, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to perform cross-site scripting attacks, Web cache poisoning, and other malicious activities.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 4.3 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 3.7 |
| Exploitability: | High |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Refer to ProFTPD Bugzilla Bug 3115 for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information. See References.
References:
- ProFTPD Bugzilla Bug 3115: Cross-site request forgery.
- ProFTPD Web site: The ProFTPD Project: Home.
- BID-31289: Multiple Vendor FTP Server Long Command Handling Security Vulnerability
- CVE-2008-4242: ProFTPD 1.3.1 interprets long commands from an FTP client as multiple commands, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks and execute arbitrary FTP commands via a long ftp:// URI that leverages an existing session from the FTP client implementation in a web browser.
- DSA-1689: proftpd-dfsg -- missing input validation
- MDVSA-2009:061: proftpd
- SA31930: ProFTPD Long Command Processing Vulnerability
- SA31958: tnftpd Long Command Processing Vulnerability
- SECTRACK ID: 1020945: ProFTPD Request Processing Bug Permits Cross-Site Request Forgery Attacks
Platforms Affected:
- Debian Debian Linux 4.0
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2008.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2008.0
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2008.1 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2008.1
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0
- Mandriva Linux 2009.0
- Mandriva Linux 2009.0 X86_64
- ProFTPD ProFTPD 1.3.1
Reported:
Sep 20, 2008
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