Improper Input Validation The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package lftp  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1204-LFTP-320192
  • published1 Aug 2018
  • disclosed1 Aug 2018

Introduced: 1 Aug 2018

CVE-2018-10916  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:12.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream lftp package and not the lftp package as distributed by Ubuntu.

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.