Alpine: multiple lftp packages: security update to 4.8.3-r2 (deprecated)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 400690

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- 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. (CVE-2018-10916)

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 400690

Version: Revision 1.23

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/16/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/31/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/1/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-10916

Detections

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