Frox FTP Cache Retrieval Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:3606

Info

Frox FTP Cache Retrieval Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 3606
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 30 2001 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 30 2001 12:00AM
Credit: This vulnerability was announced by James Hollingshead <[email protected]> via Bugtraq on November 30, 2001.
Vulnerable: frox frox 0.6.6
- Debian Linux 2.2
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.2
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.1
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.0
- Redhat Linux 7.2 i386
- Redhat Linux 7.1 i386
- Redhat Linux 7.0 i386
- Redhat Linux 6.2 i386
- SCO eDesktop 2.4
- SCO eServer 2.3.1
- SuSE Linux 7.3 i386
- SuSE Linux 7.2 i386
- SuSE Linux 7.1 x86
- SuSE Linux 7.0 i386
- SuSE Linux 6.4
frox frox 0.6.5
frox frox 0.6.4
frox frox 0.6.3
frox frox 0.6.2
frox frox 0.6.1
frox frox 0.6 .0
Not Vulnerable: frox frox 0.6.7
- Debian Linux 2.2
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.2
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.1
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.0
- Redhat Linux 7.2 i386
- Redhat Linux 7.1 i386
- Redhat Linux 7.0 i386
- Redhat Linux 6.2 i386
- SCO eDesktop 2.4
- SCO eServer 2.3.1
- SuSE Linux 7.3 i386
- SuSE Linux 7.2 i386
- SuSE Linux 7.1 x86
- SuSE Linux 7.0 i386
- SuSE Linux 6.4

Discussion

Frox FTP Cache Retrieval Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Frox is a freely available, open source FTP proxy software package. It is maintained by public domain, and indexed by Sourceforge.

frox is vulnerable to a buffer overflow. If the caching option is enabled, a file downloaded from a long path can overflow a routine that writes the header file information.

This makes it possible for a malicious ftp server to spawn a shell allowing local access on a system running the vulnerable software. The frox program is typically not a root-run process.

Exploit / POC

Frox FTP Cache Retrieval Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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Solution / Fix

Frox FTP Cache Retrieval Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
Fixed version available:


frox frox 0.6 .0

frox frox 0.6.1

frox frox 0.6.2

frox frox 0.6.3

frox frox 0.6.4

frox frox 0.6.5

frox frox 0.6.6

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