Local exploit for TrollFTPD-1.26

From: zen-parse (zen-parseat_private)
Date: Sun Aug 12 2001 - 20:22:22 PDT

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    Affects:    TrollFTPD 1.26 (probably earlier)
    
    Severity:   local users can gain root access.
    
    Fix:        upgrade to TrollFTPD-1.27
    
    Fix URL:    ftp://ftp.trolltech.com/freebies/ftpd/troll-ftpd-1.27.tar.gz
    
    Description:
    
     An error in the handling of recursive directory listings can result in an
     exploitable buffer overflow.
    
    Exploit:
    
    (offsets are for one machine. not guaranteed to work on any others.)
    
    Run the program,
    ftp localhost
    <in ftp>
    (your username)
    (your password)
    cd /tmp
    ls -R
    
    <out of ftp>
    Connect to port 10000 with nc
    Be nice.
    
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