Published: 07/11/2006 Updated: 05/09/2008

CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.6 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 3.9

VMScore: 409

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

ftpd in linux-ftpd 0.17, and possibly other versions, performs a chdir before setting the UID, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by redirecting their home directory to a restricted directory.

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linux-ftpd-ssl linux-ftpd-ssl 0.17

Debian Bug report logs - #384454 ftpd: Does not handle symlink? NFS? home directory Package: ftpd; Maintainer for ftpd is Mats Erik Andersson <matsandersson@gisladiskerse>; Source for ftpd is src:linux-ftpd (PTS, buildd, popcon) Reported by: Paul Szabo <psz@mathsusydeduau> Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 11:34:22 UTC Se ...

NVD-CWE-Other http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-August/049014.html http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=384454 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-05.xml http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1217 http://secunia.com/advisories/22997 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21000 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=384454 https://nvd.nist.gov

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