DSA-686-1 gftp -- missing input sanitising

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2005-0372  

Albert Puigsech Galicia discovered a directory traversal vulnerability in a proprietary FTP client (CAN-2004-1376) which is also present in gftp, a GTK+ FTP client. A malicious server could provide a specially crafted filename that could cause arbitrary files to be overwritten or created by the client. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.11-1woody1. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.18-1. We recommend that you upgrade your gftp package.

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-686-1 gftp -- missing input sanitising

Date Reported:
17 Feb 2005
Affected Packages:
gftp
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-0372.
More information:

Albert Puigsech Galicia discovered a directory traversal vulnerability in a proprietary FTP client (CAN-2004-1376) which is also present in gftp, a GTK+ FTP client. A malicious server could provide a specially crafted filename that could cause arbitrary files to be overwritten or created by the client.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.11-1woody1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.18-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your gftp package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gftp/gftp_2.0.11-1woody1.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gftp/gftp_2.0.11-1woody1.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gftp/gftp_2.0.11.orig.tar.gz
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gftp/gftp_2.0.11-1woody1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gftp/gftp-common_2.0.11-1woody1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gftp/gftp-gtk_2.0.11-1woody1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gftp/gftp-text_2.0.11-1woody1_alpha.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gftp/gftp_2.0.11-1woody1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gftp/gftp-common_2.0.11-1woody1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gftp/gftp-gtk_2.0.11-1woody1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gftp/gftp-text_2.0.11-1woody1_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gftp/gftp_2.0.11-1woody1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gftp/gftp-common_2.0.11-1woody1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gftp/gftp-gtk_2.0.11-1woody1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gftp/gftp-text_2.0.11-1woody1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gftp/gftp_2.0.11-1woody1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gftp/gftp-common_2.0.11-1woody1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gftp/gftp-gtk_2.0.11-1woody1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gftp/gftp-text_2.0.11-1woody1_ia64.deb
HPPA:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gftp/gftp_2.0.11-1woody1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gftp/gftp-common_2.0.11-1woody1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gftp/gftp-gtk_2.0.11-1woody1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gftp/gftp-text_2.0.11-1woody1_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gftp/gftp_2.0.11-1woody1_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gftp/gftp-common_2.0.11-1woody1_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gftp/gftp-gtk_2.0.11-1woody1_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gftp/gftp-text_2.0.11-1woody1_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gftp/gftp_2.0.11-1woody1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gftp/gftp-common_2.0.11-1woody1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gftp/gftp-gtk_2.0.11-1woody1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gftp/gftp-text_2.0.11-1woody1_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gftp/gftp_2.0.11-1woody1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gftp/gftp-common_2.0.11-1woody1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gftp/gftp-gtk_2.0.11-1woody1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gftp/gftp-text_2.0.11-1woody1_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gftp/gftp_2.0.11-1woody1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gftp/gftp-common_2.0.11-1woody1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gftp/gftp-gtk_2.0.11-1woody1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gftp/gftp-text_2.0.11-1woody1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gftp/gftp_2.0.11-1woody1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gftp/gftp-common_2.0.11-1woody1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gftp/gftp-gtk_2.0.11-1woody1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gftp/gftp-text_2.0.11-1woody1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gftp/gftp_2.0.11-1woody1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gftp/gftp-common_2.0.11-1woody1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gftp/gftp-gtk_2.0.11-1woody1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gftp/gftp-text_2.0.11-1woody1_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.