CVE-2018-10916
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Description
It has been discovered that lftp up to and including version 4.8.3 does not properly sanitize remote file names, leading to a loss of integrity on the local system when reverse mirroring is used. A remote attacker may trick a user to use reverse mirroring on an attacker controlled FTP server, resulting in the removal of all files in the current working directory of the victim's system.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-03/msg00036.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00010.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10916
- https://github.com/lavv17/lftp/commit/a27e07d90a4608ceaf928b1babb27d4d803e1992
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3731-2/
References (6)
CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- NONE
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