<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200711-01"> <title>gFTP: Multiple vulnerabilities</title> <synopsis> Two buffer overflow vulnerabilities have been discovered in fsplib code used in gFTP. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">gftp</product> <announced>2007-11-01</announced> <revised count="01">2007-11-01</revised> <bug>188252</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="net-ftp/gftp" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">2.0.18-r6</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">2.0.18-r6</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> gFTP is an FTP client for the GNOME desktop environment. </p> </background> <description> <p> Kalle Olavi Niemitalo discovered two boundary errors in fsplib code included in gFTP when processing overly long directory or file names. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p> A remote attacker could trigger these vulnerabilities by enticing a user to download a file with a specially crafted directory or file name, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code (CVE-2007-3962) or a Denial of Service (CVE-2007-3961). </p> </impact> <workaround> <p> There is no known workaround at this time. </p> </workaround> <resolution> <p> All gFTP users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-ftp/gftp-2.0.18-r6"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3961">CVE-2007-3961</uri> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3962">CVE-2007-3962</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2007-09-26T07:30:16Z"> p-y </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2007-09-26T07:30:24Z"> p-y </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2007-10-10T19:23:34Z"> p-y </metadata> </glsa>