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CVE-2018-20685

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Description

In OpenSSH 7.9, scp.c in the scp client allows remote SSH servers to bypass intended access restrictions via the filename of . or an empty filename. The impact is modifying the permissions of the target directory on the client side.

References

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https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html

https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html

https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4387

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3885-1/

https://sintonen.fi/advisories/scp-client-multiple-vulnerabilities.txt

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190215-0001/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-53

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-16

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00030.html

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3702

https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/commit/6010c0303a422a9c5fa8860c061bf7105eb7f8b2

https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/scp.c.diff?r1=1.197&r2=1.198&f=h

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106531

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-01-10

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.03469

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