JFTPGW Remote Syslog Format String Vulnerability

BID:10438

Info

JFTPGW Remote Syslog Format String Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 10438
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2004-0448
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Mar 01 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 05:16AM
Credit: Discovery is credited to [email protected].
Vulnerable: jftpgw jftpgw 0.13.3
jftpgw jftpgw 0.13.2
jftpgw jftpgw 0.13.1
- Debian Linux 3.0 sparc
 - Debian Linux 3.0 s/390
 - Debian Linux 3.0 ppc
 - Debian Linux 3.0 mipsel
 - Debian Linux 3.0 mips
 - Debian Linux 3.0 m68k
 - Debian Linux 3.0 ia-64
 - Debian Linux 3.0 ia-32
 - Debian Linux 3.0 hppa
 - Debian Linux 3.0 arm
 - Debian Linux 3.0 alpha
 - Debian Linux 3.0
jftpgw jftpgw 0.13
Not Vulnerable: jftpgw jftpgw 0.13.4

Discussion

JFTPGW Remote Syslog Format String Vulnerability

jftpgw FTP proxy is prone to a remotely exploitable format string vulnerability.

This issue could be exploited to execute arbitrary code in the context of the process, which is usually run as nobody (or an equivalent user). This is due to insecure usage of the syslog() function.

Exploit / POC

JFTPGW Remote Syslog Format String Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

Solution / Fix

JFTPGW Remote Syslog Format String Vulnerability

Solution:
Please see Debian advisory DSA 510-1 to details on how to obtain fixes to address the issue.

OpenBSD includes the software in their ports collection. OpenBSD has updated the port to version 0.13.5 in CVS.

The vendor released jftpgw 0.13.4 to address this issue.


jftpgw jftpgw 0.13

jftpgw jftpgw 0.13.1

jftpgw jftpgw 0.13.2

jftpgw jftpgw 0.13.3

References

JFTPGW Remote Syslog Format String Vulnerability

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