31781 : Apple Mac OS X and NetBSD ftpd Globbing Overflow
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Last Modified
about 1 year ago

Percent Complete
100%

Disclosure
Nov 30, 2006

Discovery
Unknown

Dates

Exploit
Nov 30, 2006

Solution
Unknown

Description

 A remote overflow exists in NetBSD and Mac OS X. The glob.c implementation in ftpd daemon fails to validate long pathnames resulting in a buffer overflow. With a specially crafted request, an attacker can cause arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

 Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

 For NetBSD, upgrade to versions 3.1, 3.0, 2.1 and 2.0.x (2006-12-03) or higher, as they have been reported to fix this vulnerability. Note that this flaw was fixed in the 2006-12-03 releases without a change in version number. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

For Mac OS X, currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, Apple has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products
NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
Watch-list
NetBSD
Watch-list
 3.1
3.0.x
2.1
2.0.x
Apple Computer, Inc.
Watch-list
Mac OS X
Watch-list
 10.3.x
10.4
10.4.1
10.4.2
10.4.3
10.4.4
10.4.5
10.4.6
10.4.7
10.4.8
10.4.9

References

Tools & Filters
3836

Credit
  • Kevin Finisterre - kfdigitalmunition.com -

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 9.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2006-12-20 | Disagree?

Access_vector_2 Access_complexity_2 Authentication_1 Confidentiality_impact_2 Integrity_impact_2 Availability_impact_2

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