SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : lftp (SUSE-SU-2019:0643-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 122968

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

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.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-2019-643=1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 122968

File Name: suse_SU-2019-0643-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 3/20/2019

Updated: 6/13/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, 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: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:lftp, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:lftp-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:lftp-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/19/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/1/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-10916

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