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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: USN-3742-1 Critical: LFTP Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey August 6, 2018
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3732-1 highlights a critical vulnerability in libcurl that could result in a potential denial of service.
LFTP could be made to crash if it received specially crafted file.

Summary

LFTP could be made to crash if it received specially crafted file.

Software Description:

- lftp: Sophisticated command-line FTP/HTTP/BitTorrent client programs

Details:

It was discovered that LFTP incorrectly handled certain files.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security issue software update lftp ubuntu

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  lftp                            4.8.1-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  lftp                            4.6.3a-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  lftp                            4.4.13-1ubuntu0.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3731-1

  CVE-2018-10196

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August 06, 2018

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security issue software update lftp ubuntu

Package Information

  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lftp/4.8.1-1ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lftp/4.6.3a-1ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lftp/4.4.13-1ubuntu0.1

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