Directory traversal vulnerability in gftp before 2.0.18 for GTK+ allows remote malicious…
Priority LOW 30CWE-22Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Partial · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-22 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Directory traversal vulnerability in gftp before 2.0.18 for GTK+ allows remote malicious FTP servers to read arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences in filenames returned from a LIST command.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.04382 91st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
Red Hat 1 advisory
- RHSA-2005:410 Released 2005-06-13 · Red Hat rating Moderategftp security update
- Red Hat Desktop version 3 gftp-1:2.0.14-4, gftp-1:2.0.14-4.i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 gftp-1:2.0.14-4, gftp-1:2.0.14-4.i386, gftp-1:2.0.14-4.ia64 +1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 gftp-1:2.0.17-5, gftp-1:2.0.17-5.i386, gftp-1:2.0.17-5.ia64 +1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 gftp-1:2.0.17-5, gftp-1:2.0.17-5.i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 gftp-1:2.0.14-4, gftp-1:2.0.14-4.i386, gftp-1:2.0.14-4.ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 gftp-1:2.0.17-5, gftp-1:2.0.17-5.i386, gftp-1:2.0.17-5.ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 gftp-1:2.0.14-4, gftp-1:2.0.14-4.i386, gftp-1:2.0.14-4.ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 gftp-1:2.0.17-5, gftp-1:2.0.17-5.i386, gftp-1:2.0.17-5.ia64
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Desktop version 3 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:410 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:410 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:410 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:410 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:410 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:410 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:410 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:410 |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2005-0372
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q4r9-w6v3-92hp
References
More GNOME Gtk vulnerabilities
- TI-2012-00764 Out-of-bounds write in Xchat-WDK CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2004-00721 Stack-based buffer overflow in xpm_extract_color (io-xpm.c) in the XPM image decoder for… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2004-00720 Integer overflow in pixbuf_create_from_xpm (io-xpm.c) in the XPM image decoder for gtk+… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2010-04556 Untrusted search path vulnerability in modules/engines/ms-windows/xp_theme.c in GTK+… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2005-02808 Integer overflow in io-xpm.c in gdk-pixbuf 0.22.0 in GTK+ before 2.8.7 allows attackers… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2005-02807 io-xpm.c in the gdk-pixbuf XPM image rendering library in GTK+ before 2.8.7 allows… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.8
Sources
- CVE-2005-0372 · CVE Program
- CVE-2005-0372 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-q4r9-w6v3-92hp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2005-0372 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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