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TITLE:
tnftpd Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA23211

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23211/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
tnftpd
http://secunia.com/product/3800/

DESCRIPTION:
kcope has reported a vulnerability in tnftpd, which potentially can
be exploited by malicious users to compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when handling
commands with globbing characters (e.g. "*") and can be exploited to
cause a buffer overflow.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability is reported in tnftpd-20040810. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to tnftpd-20061204.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
kcope

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-11/0541.html

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