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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.11391
Category:FTP
Title:BSD ftpd setproctitle() format string
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote FTP server misuses the function setproctitle() and
may allow an attacker to gain a root shell on this host by
logging in as 'anonymous' and providing a carefully crafted
format string as its email address.

Solution : upgrade your FTP server.
Risk factor : High

Cross-Ref: BugTraq ID: 1425
BugTraq ID: 1438
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2000-0574
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1425
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1438
Bugtraq: 20000705 proftp advisory (Google Search)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0031.html
Bugtraq: 20000706 ftpd and setproctitle() (Google Search)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0061.html
Bugtraq: 20000710 opieftpd setproctitle() patches (Google Search)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0121.html
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-13.html
NETBSD Security Advisory: NetBSD-SA2000-009
ftp://ftp.NetBSD.ORG/pub/NetBSD/misc/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2000-009.txt.asc
CopyrightThis script is Copyright (C) 2003 Renaud Deraison

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