CVE-2018-10916
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CVE-2018-10916 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.3/10 on the CVSS scale. 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.. EPSS estimates a 4.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
Metrics
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Lftp Project | Lftp | <= 4.8.3 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 12.04 |
| Opensuse | Leap | 42.3 |
References
- https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-03/msg00036.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10916Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/lavv17/lftp/commit/a27e07d90a4608ceaf928b1babb27d4d803e1992Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/lavv17/lftp/issues/452Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3731-2/Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-03/msg00036.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10916Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/lavv17/lftp/commit/a27e07d90a4608ceaf928b1babb27d4d803e1992Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/lavv17/lftp/issues/452Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3731-2/Third Party Advisory
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- Status
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