TITLE:
FileZilla Unspecified Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA20086

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20086/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
FileZilla 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/2925/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in FileZilla, which potentially can
be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified boundary error
within the handling of replies from an FTP server. This can be
exploited to cause a buffer overflow and may allow arbitrary code
execution.

Successful exploitation requires that the user is e.g. tricked into
connecting to a malicious FTP server.

The vulnerability has been reported in versions prior to 2.2.23.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.2.23.
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=21558&package_id=15149

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=416790

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