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Gentoo: GLSA 201706-09 Normal: FileZilla Buffer Overflow Risk

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Gentoo Security Notice GLSA 202309-15 highlights a critical vulnerability in VSFTPD that may permit remote exploitation. Immediate update is advised.
A vulnerability in a bundled copy of PuTTY in FileZilla might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service

Summary

FileZilla is affected by the same vulnerability as reported in "GLSA 201703-03" because the package included a vulnerable copy of PuTTY. Please read the GLSA for PuTTY referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo buffer overflow software update remote code execution

Resolution

All FileZilla users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-ftp/filezilla-3.25.2"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2017-6542 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-6542 [ 2 ] GLSA 201703-03 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201703-03

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-09
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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: Buffer overflow
Date: June 06, 2017
Bugs: #610554
ID: 201706-09

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Topics Covered

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Synopsis

A vulnerability in a bundled copy of PuTTY in FileZilla might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.

Background

FileZilla is an open source FTP client.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-ftp/filezilla < 3.25.2 >= 3.25.2

Impact

===== A remote attacker, utilizing the SSH agent forwarding of an SSH server, could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running FileZilla or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.