Bug 1158286 (CVE-2014-8517)

Summary:	CVE-2014-8517 tnftp: ftp client could be forced to execute arbitrary commands
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Murray McAllister <mmcallis>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	dcantrell, jrusnack, vdanen
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Last Closed:	2014-12-17 11:52:46 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	1158287, 1158288, 1158289
Bug Blocks:	1158306

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.