Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Aug 1, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-10916
CVE-2018-10916
Description
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.
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Affected products
10- osv-coords9 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/lftp&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/lftp&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/lftp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/lftp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/lftp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015pkg:rpm/suse/lftp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/lftp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/lftp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/lftp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4
< 4.8.3-lp150.3.3.1+ 8 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.8.3-lp150.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.9.2-1.7
- (no CPE)range: < 4.7.4-3.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.7.4-3.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.8.3-4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.7.4-3.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.7.4-3.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.7.4-3.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.7.4-3.6.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/lavv17/lftp/commit/a27e07d90a4608ceaf928b1babb27d4d803e1992nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/lavv17/lftp/issues/452nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-03/msg00036.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3731-2/nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00010.htmlnvd
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