vulnerability

Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2018-10916): LFTP vulnerability

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C)
Published
Aug 1, 2018
Added
Aug 15, 2018
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

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.

Solution

ubuntu-upgrade-lftp
Title
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