gftp versions 2.0.18 and before have a directory traversal issue. This issue was reported to bugtraq in 2004, but it was not discovered in gftp until recently. Please see: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/385882/2004-12-01/2004-12-31/0
Created attachment 111215 [details] Patch taken from Debian to fix this issue.
This issue should also affect RHEL2.1 and RHEL3.
According to gftp's changelog, this issue is fixed in 2.0.18. Is this incorrect?
Warren, I just checked the source, this is fixed in 2.0.18.
Ping on this issue
Created attachment 115099 [details] Demo exploit from the original bugtraq post
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-410.html