[4706] in bugtraq
Re: SunOS 4.1.4 ftp serious bug
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Francesco Messineo)
Mon Jun 16 18:09:26 1997
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 17:28:59 +0200
Reply-To: Francesco Messineo <frank@sun01.ccii.unipi.it>
From: Francesco Messineo <frank@SUN01.CCII.UNIPI.IT>
X-To: "Homer W. Smith" <homer@LIGHTLINK.COM>
To: BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.95.970615094313.9855A-100000@light.lightlink.com>
On Sun, 15 Jun 1997, Homer W. Smith wrote:
> This may be old hat, but it has bitten me again recently and
> I am surprised this bug is allowed to live.
>
> Running SunOS 4.1.4
>
> ftp from SunOS machine A to any other machine B.
>
> cd remote directory
>
> lcd to any random directory NOT the directory that contains
> the file you wish to upload.
>
> put /absolute/path/to/file
>
> This will *ERASE* the file on machine A!
This didn't work on a SunOS 4.1.4 (sun sparc 1).
The file is still there after some different ftp to other machines as you
decribed.
>
> Homer
>
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Regards.
-fm
