Arbitrary Command Injection The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package tnftp (opens in a new tab)
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- published17 Nov 2014
- disclosed17 Nov 2014
Introduced: 17 Nov 2014
CVE-2014-8517 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:17.10.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tnftp package and not the tnftp package as distributed by Ubuntu.
The fetch_url function in usr.bin/ftp/fetch.c in tnftp, as used in NetBSD 5.1 through 5.1.4, 5.2 through 5.2.2, 6.0 through 6.0.6, and 6.1 through 6.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a | (pipe) character at the end of an HTTP redirect.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-8517
- http://support.apple.com/HT204244
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8517
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43112/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-05
- http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2014-013.txt.asc
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00029.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/459
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/464
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62028
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62260
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43112