| Description: | lftp is a command-line file transfer program supporting FTP and HTTP protocols.
Ulf Härnhammar discovered a buffer overflow bug in versions of lftp up to and including 2.6.9. An attacker could create a carefully crafted directory on a website such that, if a user connects to that directory using the lftp client and subsequently issues a 'ls' or 'rels' command, the attacker could execute arbitrary code on the users machine. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2003-0963 to this issue.
Users of lftp are advised to upgrade to these erratum packages, which contain a backported security patch and are not vulnerable to this issue.
Red Hat would like to thank Ulf Härnhammar for discovering and alerting us to this issue.
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