Bug 1158286 (CVE-2014-8517) - CVE-2014-8517 tnftp: ftp client could be forced to execute arbitrary commands
Summary: CVE-2014-8517 tnftp: ftp client could be forced to execute arbitrary commands
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2014-8517
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1158287 1158288 1158289
Blocks: 1158306
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Reported: 2014-10-29 03:52 UTC by Murray McAllister
Modified: 2021-02-04 00:56 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2014-12-17 11:52:46 UTC
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Description Murray McAllister 2014-10-29 03:52:26 UTC 
It was reported that tnftp, an FTP client from NetBSD, could be forced to run arbitrary commands if an output file is not specified. Full details and a patch are available from the following:

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/459
Comment 1 Murray McAllister 2014-10-29 03:54:03 UTC 
Created tnftp tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1158287]
Affects: epel-6 [bug 1158288]
Affects: epel-7 [bug 1158289]
Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2014-11-12 02:34:31 UTC 
tnftp-20141031-1.fc20 has been pushed to the Fedora 20 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2014-11-25 20:08:43 UTC 
tnftp-20141031-1.el7 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2014-11-25 20:09:51 UTC 
tnftp-20141031-1.el6 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 6 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
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