CVE-2008-4247
EPSS 4.0%
Description
ftpd in OpenBSD 4.3, FreeBSD 7.0, NetBSD 4.0, Solaris, and possibly other operating systems 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.
How to fix CVE-2008-4247
To remediate CVE-2008-4247, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/linux-ftpd—upgrade to 0.17-29 or later
- Debian/linux-ftpd-ssl—upgrade to 0.17.27+0.3-3 or later
Is CVE-2008-4247 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 4.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 0.17-29
- from 0, < 0.17.27+0.3-3