HSFTP Hostname Command Line Argument Buffer Overrun Vulnerability

BID:9175

Info

HSFTP Hostname Command Line Argument Buffer Overrun Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 9175
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Dec 07 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Dec 07 2003 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery is credited to Xavier Brouckaert.
Vulnerable: hsftp hsftp 1.11
hsftp hsftp 1.10
hsftp hsftp 1.9
hsftp hsftp 1.7
hsftp hsftp 1.6
hsftp hsftp 1.5
hsftp hsftp 1.4
Not Vulnerable: hsftp hsftp 1.13

Discussion

HSFTP Hostname Command Line Argument Buffer Overrun Vulnerability

hsftp is prone to a locally exploitable buffer overrun vulnerability due to insufficient bounds checking of hostname arguments supplied as command line input. In situations where hsftp is installed setuid root and not configured to drop privileges, this could be exploited to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Exploit / POC

HSFTP Hostname Command Line Argument Buffer Overrun Vulnerability

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Solution / Fix

HSFTP Hostname Command Line Argument Buffer Overrun Vulnerability

Solution:
This issue has been addressed in hsftp 1.13.


hsftp hsftp 1.10

hsftp hsftp 1.11

hsftp hsftp 1.4

hsftp hsftp 1.5

hsftp hsftp 1.6

hsftp hsftp 1.7

hsftp hsftp 1.9

References

HSFTP Hostname Command Line Argument Buffer Overrun Vulnerability

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