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TITLE:
lftp "mirror --script" Code Execution Weakness

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA25107

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25107/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
lftp 3.x
http://secunia.com/product/14128/
LFTP 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/2626/

DESCRIPTION:
A weakness has been reported in lftp, which potentially can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The weakness is caused due to incorrect quotation of shell commands
when generating a mirror script via the "mirror --script" feature.
This can be e.g. be exploited to overwrite arbitrary files or execute
command by enticing a user to create and run a mirror script for a
malicious server.

The weakness is reported in versions prior to 3.5.9.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 3.5.9.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://lftp.yar.ru/news.html

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