rhsa-2003_020
Vulnerability from csaf_redhat
Published
2003-01-31 08:38
Modified
2024-11-21 22:36
Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: : Updated kerberos packages fix vulnerability in ftp client

Notes

Topic
Updated packages fix a vulnerability found in the Kerberos ftp client distributed with the Red Hat Linux krb5 packages.
Details
Kerberos is a network authentication system. A problem has been found in the Kerberos ftp client. When retrieving a file with a filename beginning with a pipe character, the ftp client will pass the filename to the command shell in a system() call. This could allow a malicious ftp server to write to files outside of the current directory or execute commands as the user running the ftp client. The Kerberos ftp client runs as the default ftp client when the Kerberos package krb5-workstation is installed on a Red Hat Linux distribution. All users of Kerberos are advised to upgrade to these errata packages which contain a backported patch and are not vulnerable to this issue.
Terms of Use
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