CentOS 7 : lftp (CESA-2020:1045)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 135323

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:1045 advisory.

- lftp: particular remote file names may lead to current working directory erased (CVE-2018-10916)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected lftp packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?b990e00b

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 135323

File Name: centos_RHSA-2020-1045.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/10/2020

Updated: 3/19/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

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

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:lftp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:lftp-scripts, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/8/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/1/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-10916

RHSA: 2020:1045