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TITLE:
File Transfer Request File Directory Traversal Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA29540

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29540/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of system information, Exposure of sensitive information

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
File Transfer 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/18026/

DESCRIPTION:
teeed has reported a vulnerability in File Transfer, which can be
exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.

The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error when
requesting a file and can be exploited to download arbitrary files
via directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability affects versions prior to 1.2f.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.2f.
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=178021

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
teeed

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1829601&group_id=178021&atid=883559

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