CVE-2008-4242 (GCVE-0-2008-4242)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-09-25 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:08
VLAI
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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http://secunia.com/advisories/33261 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1689 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3115 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2008-09-20 00:00
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