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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : LFTP vulnerability (USN-3731-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 111578

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

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.

Solution

Update the affected lftp package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3731-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 111578

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3731-1.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/7/2018

Updated: 8/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-10916

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lftp, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/6/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/30/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-10916

USN: 3731-1