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Gentoo: GLSA 200501-24 Normal Severity: Tnftp Arbitrary File Overwrite

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Calendar Grey January 14, 2005
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Gentoo Security Notice GLSA 202309-15: tftp client susceptible to unauthorized file access. Immediate action suggested to safeguard environments.
tnftp fails to validate filenames when downloading files, making it vulnerable to arbitrary file overwriting.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200501-24 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: tnftp: Arbitrary file overwriting Date: January 14, 2005 Bugs: #74704 ID: 200501-24

Synopsis ======= tnftp fails to validate filenames when downloading files, making it vulnerable to arbitrary file overwriting.
Background ========= tnftp is a NetBSD FTP client with several advanced features.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-ftp/tnftp < 20050103 >= 20050103
========== The 'mget' function in cmds.c lacks validation of the filenames that are supplied by the server.
Impact ===== An attacker running an FTP server could supply clients with malici...

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