FileZilla: Untrusted search path — GLSA 202007-51

A vulnerability was found in FileZilla which might allow privilege escalation.

Affected packages

net-ftp/filezilla on all architectures
Affected versions < 3.47.2.1
Unaffected versions >= 3.47.2.1

Background

FileZilla is an open source FTP client.

Description

It was discovered that FileZilla uses an untrusted search path.

Impact

An attacker could use a malicious binary to escalate privileges.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All FileZilla users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-ftp/filezilla-3.47.2.1"
 

References

Release date
July 27, 2020

Latest revision
July 27, 2020: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

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