cve-2008-4242
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-09-25 19:00
Modified
2024-08-07 10:08
Severity ?
Summary
ProFTPD 1.3.1 interprets long commands from an FTP client as multiple commands, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks and execute arbitrary FTP commands via a long ftp:// URI that leverages an existing session from the FTP client implementation in a web browser.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3115
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/31930Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/33261
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/33413
cve@mitre.orghttp://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/56
cve@mitre.orghttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/4313
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1689
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:061
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31289Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020945
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45274
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00078.html
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00245.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3115
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/31930Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/33261
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/33413
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/56
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4313
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1689
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:061
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31289Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020945
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45274
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00078.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00245.html
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