Debian Security Advisory

DSA-2085-1 lftp -- missing input validation

Date Reported:
03 Aug 2010
Affected Packages:
lftp
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2010-2251.
More information:

It was discovered that in lftp, a command-line HTTP/FTP client, there is no proper validation of the filename provided by the server through the Content-Disposition header; attackers can use this flaw by suggesting a filename they wish to overwrite on the client machine, and then possibly execute arbitrary code (for instance if the attacker elects to write a dotfile in a home directory).

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 3.7.3-1+lenny1.

For the testing distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 4.0.6-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 4.0.6-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your lftp packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (lenny)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lftp/lftp_3.7.3-1+lenny1.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lftp/lftp_3.7.3-1+lenny1.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lftp/lftp_3.7.3.orig.tar.gz
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lftp/lftp_3.7.3-1+lenny1_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lftp/lftp_3.7.3-1+lenny1_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lftp/lftp_3.7.3-1+lenny1_arm.deb
ARM EABI:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lftp/lftp_3.7.3-1+lenny1_armel.deb
HP Precision:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lftp/lftp_3.7.3-1+lenny1_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lftp/lftp_3.7.3-1+lenny1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lftp/lftp_3.7.3-1+lenny1_ia64.deb
Big-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lftp/lftp_3.7.3-1+lenny1_mips.deb
Little-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lftp/lftp_3.7.3-1+lenny1_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lftp/lftp_3.7.3-1+lenny1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lftp/lftp_3.7.3-1+lenny1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lftp/lftp_3.7.3-1+lenny1_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.