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.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability that has been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - lftp: particular remote file names may lead to current working directory erased (CVE-2018-10916)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

This plugin has been deprecated as it does not adhere to established standards for this style of check.

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2020-1045 advisory.

    [4.4.8-12]
    - Resolves: #1611641 - CVE-2018-10916 lftp: particular remote file names may lead to current working     directory erased

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04, has lftp packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability:

  - 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. (CVE-2018-10916)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.05 / MAIN 5.05, has lftp packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability:

  - 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. (CVE-2018-10916)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

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. (CVE-2018-10916)

According to the version of the lftp package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

  - 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.(CVE-2018-10916)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

* lftp: particular remote file names may lead to current working directory erased

The remote CentOS Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:1045 advisory.

  - 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. (CVE-2018-10916)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:1045 advisory.

    LFTP is a file transfer utility for File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP),     Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), and other commonly used protocols. It uses the readline library for     input, and provides support for bookmarks, built-in monitoring, job control, and parallel transfer of     multiple files at the same time.

    Security Fix(es):

    * lftp: particular remote file names may lead to current working directory erased (CVE-2018-10916)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    Additional Changes:

    For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.8 Release Notes     linked from the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

According to the version of the lftp package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

  - 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.(CVE-2018-10916)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

According to the version of the lftp package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

  - 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.(CVE-2018-10916)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This update for lftp fixes the following issues: Security issue fixed :

  - CVE-2018-10916: Fixed an improper file name sanitization     which could lead to loss of integrity of the local     system (bsc#1103367). Other issue addressed :

  - The SSH login handling code detects password prompts     more reliably (bsc#1120946).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

This update for lftp fixes the following issues :

Security issue fixed :

  - CVE-2018-10916: Fixed an improper file name sanitization     which could lead to loss of integrity of the local     system (bsc#1103367). Other issue addressed :

  - The SSH login handling code detects password prompts     more reliably (bsc#1120946).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP3:Update update project.

This update for lftp fixes the following issues: Security issue fixed :

CVE-2018-10916: Fixed an improper file name sanitization which could lead to loss of integrity of the local system (bsc#1103367).

Other issue addressed: The SSH login handling code detects password prompts more reliably (bsc#1120946).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This update for lftp fixes the following issues :

Security issue fixed :

CVE-2018-10916: Fixed an improper file name sanitization which could lead to loss of integrity of the local system (bsc#1103367).

Other issue addressed: The SSH login handling code detects password prompts more reliably (bsc#1120946).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3731-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that LFTP incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue     to cause a denial of service.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

New lftp packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and
-current to fix a security issue.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
199149	RHEL 6 : lftp (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
196406	RHEL 6 : lftp (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
180637	Oracle Linux 7 : lftp (ELSA-2020-1045)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
143998	NewStart CGSL CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04 : lftp Vulnerability (NS-SA-2020-0068)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	medium
143937	NewStart CGSL CORE 5.05 / MAIN 5.05 : lftp Vulnerability (NS-SA-2020-0103)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	medium
138619	Amazon Linux 2 : lftp (ALAS-2020-1453)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium
138055	Amazon Linux AMI : lftp (ALAS-2020-1383)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium
137975	EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.6.0 : lftp (EulerOS-SA-2020-1756)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
135814	Scientific Linux Security Update : lftp on SL7.x x86_64 (20200407)	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	medium
135323	CentOS 7 : lftp (RHSA-2020:1045)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	medium
135058	RHEL 7 : lftp (RHSA-2020:1045)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
134548	EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.2.0 : lftp (EulerOS-SA-2020-1259)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
132138	EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : lftp (EulerOS-SA-2019-2603)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
131638	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : lftp (EulerOS-SA-2019-2485)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
130874	EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : lftp (EulerOS-SA-2019-2165)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
123657	openSUSE Security Update : lftp (openSUSE-2019-1110)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
123440	openSUSE Security Update : lftp (openSUSE-2019-1059)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
122968	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : lftp (SUSE-SU-2019:0643-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
122967	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : lftp (SUSE-SU-2019:0642-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
111578	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : LFTP vulnerability (USN-3731-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium
111524	Slackware 14.0 / 14.1 / 14.2 / current : lftp (SSA:2018-214-01)	Nessus	Slackware Local Security Checks	medium

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