UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000161

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1000161
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000161.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000161
Upstream
Published
2018-04-18T19:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:45:08Z
Severity
  • 5.7 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

nmap version 6.49BETA6 through 7.60, up to and including SVN revision 37147 contains a Directory Traversal vulnerability in NSE script http-fetch that can result in file overwrite as the user is running it. This attack appears to be exploitable via a victim that runs NSE script http-fetch against a malicious web site. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 7.7.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / nmap

Package

Name
nmap
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nmap@7.01-2ubuntu2?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

6.*

6.47-7

7.*

7.01-2ubuntu1
7.01-2ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "7.01-2ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "ndiff"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.01-2ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "nmap"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.01-2ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "zenmap"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / nmap

Package

Name
nmap
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nmap@7.60-1ubuntu5?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

7.*

7.60-1ubuntu1
7.60-1ubuntu2
7.60-1ubuntu3
7.60-1ubuntu4
7.60-1ubuntu5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "7.60-1ubuntu5",
            "binary_name": "ndiff"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.60-1ubuntu5",
            "binary_name": "nmap"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.60-1ubuntu5",
            "binary_name": "zenmap"
        }
    ]
}