Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200501-24.
Solution
All tnftp users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-ftp/tnftp-20050103'
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200501-24 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=74704
http://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/tnftp.txt
Insight
tnftp fails to validate filenames when downloading files, making it vulnerable to arbitrary file overwriting.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2004-1294 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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