Bug 1610349 (CVE-2018-10916) - CVE-2018-10916 lftp: particular remote file names may lead to current working directory erased
Summary: CVE-2018-10916 lftp: particular remote file names may lead to current working...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2018-10916
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1611641 1611640 1611643
Blocks: 1581887
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Reported: 2018-07-31 13:15 UTC by Riccardo Schirone
Modified: 2019-09-29 14:46 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: lftp 4.8.4
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It has been discovered that lftp 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.
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Description Riccardo Schirone 2018-07-31 13:15:14 UTC 
Improperly sanitized remote file names in lftp, up to version 4.8.3, may lead 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' system.

Reference:
https://github.com/lavv17/lftp/issues/452

Upstream patch:
https://github.com/lavv17/lftp/commit/a27e07d90a4608ceaf928b1babb27d4d803e1992
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