CVE-2008-4242
N/A
Published: September 25, 2008 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:57 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorProFTPD
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 7%
Description
ProFTPD 1.3.1 interprets long commands from an FTP client as multiple commands, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks and execute arbitrary FTP commands via a long ftp:// URI that leverages an existing session from the FTP client implementation in a web browser.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31930
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1689
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:061
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00078.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00245.html
References (13)
x_refsource_CONFIRMx_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3115Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/31930Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SREASONRES
Source: [email protected]
http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/56Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
Source: [email protected]
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4313Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1689Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:061Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-352
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