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Gentoo: GLSA-202007-51 Normal: FileZilla Untrusted Search Path Issue

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Calendar Grey July 26, 2020
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Gentoo GLSA-202103-42 highlights a critical vulnerability in GnuPG that could lead to unauthorized access. Users are advised to update promptly.
A vulnerability was found in FileZilla which might allow privilege escalation.

Summary

It was discovered that FileZilla uses an untrusted search path.

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo privilege escalation normal severity filezilla untrusted search path

Resolution

All FileZilla users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-ftp/filezilla-3.47.2.1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2019-5429 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5429

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-51
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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: Untrusted search path
Date: July 27, 2020
Bugs: #717726
ID: 202007-51

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo privilege escalation normal severity filezilla untrusted search path

Synopsis

A vulnerability was found in FileZilla which might allow privilege escalation.

Background

FileZilla is an open source FTP client.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-ftp/filezilla < 3.47.2.1 >= 3.47.2.1

Impact

===== An attacker could use a malicious binary to escalate privileges.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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