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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201706-09
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https://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: FileZilla: Buffer overflow
Date: June 06, 2017
Bugs: #610554
ID: 201706-09

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Synopsis
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A vulnerability in a bundled copy of PuTTY in FileZilla might allow
remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of
service.

Background
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FileZilla is an open source FTP client.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-ftp/filezilla < 3.25.2 >= 3.25.2

Description
===========

FileZilla is affected by the same vulnerability as reported in “GLSA
201703-03″ because the package included a vulnerable copy of PuTTY.
Please read the GLSA for PuTTY referenced below for details.

Impact
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A remote attacker, utilizing the SSH agent forwarding of an SSH server,
could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running
FileZilla or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All FileZilla users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=net-ftp/filezilla-3.25.2”

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2017-6542
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-6542
[ 2 ] GLSA 201703-03
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201703-03

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-09

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users’ machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons – Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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