Advisory - WinSCP

Overview

WinSCP is not checking the "Common Name" of a X.509 certificate, when FTP with TLS is used.

Vulnerability Details

A user can not recognize an easy to perform man-in-the-middle attack, because the client does not validate the "Common Name" of the servers X.509 certificate. In networking environment that is not trustworthy, like a wifi network, using FTP AUTH TLS with WinSCP the servers identity can not be trusted.

Solution

Upgrade to WinSCP 5.5.3

Disclosure Timeline

April 07, 2014 - Vulnerability discovered

April 07, 2014 - Vulnerability reported to vendor

April 09, 2014 - Bug was confirmed and fixed by the vendor [1]

April 10, 2014 - Bug fix could be confirmed with WinSCP 5.5.3 (Build 4193)

April 14, 2014 - WinSCP 5.5.3 (Build 4214) was released [2]

References

[1] winscp.net/tracker/show_bug.cgi [2] winscp.net/eng/download.php

Security vulnerability found by Micha Borrmann of the SySS GmbH. E-Mail: micha.borrmann (at) syss.de

Public Key: www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Materialien/PGPKeys/Micha_Borrmann.asc

Key fingerprint = 6897 7B33 B359 B8BA 0884  969F FC67 EBA9 1B51 128A

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