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>> FreeSSHd SFTP "rename" and "realpath" Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
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Title : FreeSSHd SFTP "rename" and "realpath" Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-2897
CVE ID : CVE-2008-4762
CWE ID : CWE-400
Rated as : Moderate Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-10-23
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Two vulnerabilities have been identified in FreeSSHd, which could be exploited by malicious users to cause a denial of service or compromise a vulnerable system. These issues are caused by buffer overflow errors when processing malformed arguments passed to various SFTP commands (e.g. "rename" or "realpath"), which could be exploited by authenticated attackers to crash an affected server or execute arbitrary code.
Affected Products
FreeSSHd version 1.2.1 and prior
Solution
VUPEN Security is not aware of any vendor-supplied patch.
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2897
Credits
Vulnerabilities reported by Jeremy Brown and r0ut3r.
ChangeLog
2008-10-23 : Initial release
2008-10-23 : Updated Description
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