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Medium ALAS2-2020-1453 1 CVE

Moderate: lftp security update (Amazon Linux 2)

Published Jul 14, 2020 · Updated Jul 17, 2020

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2018-10916: 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. 1610349: CVE-2018-10916 lftp: particular remote file names may lead to current working directory erased

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2 lftp 0:4.4.8-12.amzn2.1
Amazon Linux · 2 lftp-debuginfo 0:4.4.8-12.amzn2.1
Amazon Linux · 2 lftp-scripts 0:4.4.8-12.amzn2.1

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2018-10916.html