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Alpine: multiple lftp packages: security update to 4.8.4-r0

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 424021

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)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-10916

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 424021

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Published: 4/4/2025

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

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/1/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-10916