ProFTPD Long Command Handling Security Vulnerability in version prior 1.3.2rc3. Truncates long FTP commands, allowing CSRF
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 35 |
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![]() | Fedora Core 9 FEDORA-2009-0064 (proftpd) | 7 Jan 200900:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Fedora Core 10 FEDORA-2009-0089 (proftpd) | 7 Jan 200900:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Fedora Core 9 FEDORA-2009-0064 (proftpd) | 7 Jan 200900:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Fedora Core 10 FEDORA-2009-0089 (proftpd) | 7 Jan 200900:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Debian Security Advisory DSA 1689-1 (proftpd-dfsg) | 29 Dec 200800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Fedora Core 8 FEDORA-2009-0195 (proftpd) | 7 Jan 200900:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1689-1) | 29 Dec 200800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Fedora Core 8 FEDORA-2009-0195 (proftpd) | 7 Jan 200900:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | FreeBSD Ports: proftpd, proftpd-mysql | 24 Sep 200800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | FreeBSD Ports: proftpd, proftpd-mysql | 24 Sep 200800:00 | – | openvas |
Source | Link |
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bugs | www.bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi |
secunia | www.secunia.com/advisories/31930/ |
securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/31289 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:proftpd:proftpd";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900133");
script_version("2025-03-05T05:38:52+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-03-05 05:38:52 +0000 (Wed, 05 Mar 2025)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-09-26 07:36:49 +0200 (Fri, 26 Sep 2008)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_cve_id("CVE-2008-4242");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("FTP");
script_name("ProFTPD Long Command Handling Security Vulnerability");
script_dependencies("secpod_proftpd_server_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ProFTPD/Installed");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://secunia.com/advisories/31930/");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31289");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3115");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"ProFTPD Server is prone to a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw exists due to the application truncating an overly long FTP command,
and improperly interpreting the remainder string as a new FTP command.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"ProFTPD Server version prior 1.3.2rc3.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to the latest version 1.3.2rc3.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"This can be exploited to execute arbitrary FTP commands on another
user's session privileges.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
if( isnull( port = get_app_port( cpe:CPE ) ) )
exit( 0 );
if( ! vers = get_app_version( cpe:CPE, port:port ) )
exit( 0 );
if( version_is_less( version:vers, test_version:"1.3.2.rc3" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"1.3.2rc3" );
security_message( port:port, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );
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