CVE-2008-4242

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-4242
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-09-25 19:25:00 UTC
Updated2017-08-08 01:32:00 UTC
DescriptionProFTPD 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-352

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Proftpd Project Proftpd 1.3.1 All All All
Application Proftpd Project Proftpd 1.3.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1689-1 proftpd-dfsg DEBIAN www.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: proftpd-1.3.1-8.fc8 FEDORA www.redhat.com
Multiple Vendor FTP Server Long Command Handling Security Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Exploit
ProFTPD Long Command Processing Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Advisories | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Bug 3115 – Cross-site request forgery CONFIRM bugs.proftpd.org
Fedora update for proftpd - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Debian update for proftpd-dfsg - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
SecurityReason - multiple vendor ftpd - Cross-site request forgery ( Research Advisory ) SREASONRES securityreason.com
multiple vendor ftpd - Cross-site request forgery - CXSecurity.com SREASON securityreason.com
ProFTPD Request Processing Bug Permits Cross-Site Request Forgery Attacks - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: proftpd-1.3.1-8.fc9 FEDORA www.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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