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CrushFTP Server does not adequately filter user input thereby permitting directory traversal

Vulnerability Note VU#110803

Original Release Date: 2001-12-20 | Last Revised: 2001-12-20

Overview

CrushFTP allows access to files outside the FTP root directory through directory traversal.

Description

CrushFTP is a Java-based FTP server available for Linux, Mac OS, and Windows. CrushFTP can be configured to limit access to files under a designated FTP root directory. However, CrushFTP allows an attacker to get files outside this directory through '../' directory traversal.

Impact

CrushFTP allows an attacker to see any file in the filesystem, including potentially sensitive and critical system files.

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.1.7 or later of CrushFTP at:

http://www.crushftp.com

Use chroot if available on your system, to limit the scope of CrushFTP's access to the filesystem.

Vendor Information

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Acknowledgements

Thanks to Joe Testa for discovering this vulnerability.

This document was written by Shawn Van Ittersum.

Other Information

CVE IDs: CVE-2001-0582
Severity Metric: 0.11
Date Public: 2001-05-23
Date First Published: 2001-12-20
Date Last Updated: 2001-12-20 16:50 UTC
Document Revision: 14

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