| Name | CVE-2018-10916 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 905163 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| lftp (PTS) | jessie | 4.6.0-1+deb8u1 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 4.7.4-1 | vulnerable |
| buster, bullseye | 4.8.4-2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 4.9.2-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 4.9.2-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| lftp | source | (unstable) | 4.8.4-1 | | | 905163 |
Notes
[stretch] - lftp <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - lftp <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/lavv17/lftp/issues/452
https://github.com/lavv17/lftp/commit/a27e07d90a4608ceaf928b1babb27d4d803e1992
[wheezy] - lftp <no-dsa> (Minor issue)