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Gentoo: GLSA-202310-02 Normal: FileZilla Various Vulnerabilities

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Calendar Grey September 15, 2013
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Delve into Gentoo GLSA 201309-08, which tackles severe vulnerabilities in FileZilla that could lead to potential code execution perils and service interruptions.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in FileZilla, the worst of which could result in arbitrary code execution.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in FileZilla. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo Denial of Service arbitrary execution normal severity filezilla

Resolution

All FileZilla users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-ftp/filezilla-3.7.3"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2013-4206 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4206 [ 2 ] CVE-2013-4207 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4207 [ 3 ] CVE-2013-4208 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4208 [ 4 ] CVE-2013-4852 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4852

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201309-08
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: FileZilla: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: September 15, 2013
Bugs: #479880, #482672
ID: 201309-08

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo Denial of Service arbitrary execution normal severity filezilla

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in FileZilla, the worst of which could result in arbitrary code execution.

Background

FileZilla is an open source FTP client.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-ftp/filezilla < 3.7.3 >= 3.7.3

Impact

===== A remote attacker could entice a user to connect to a malicious server, resulting in possible arbitrary code execution or a Denial of Service. Additionally, a local attacker could read sensitive memory, potentially resulting in password disclosure.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.