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Alpine: multiple openssh packages: security update to 7.9-r3 (deprecated)
medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 400606
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:- An issue was discovered in OpenSSH 7.9. Due to missing character encoding in the progress display, a
malicious server (or Man-in-The-Middle attacker) can employ crafted object names to manipulate the client
output, e.g., by using ANSI control codes to hide additional files being transferred. This affects
refresh_progress_meter() in progressmeter.c. (CVE-2019-6109)
See Also
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=9730fd967a164b246d18cab2dede31af43c83f08
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=9cd2acb963cf3f89354d0f0cd48a172ea699ae8f
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 400606
Version: Revision 1.26
Type: Local
Published: 8/16/2023
Updated: 7/2/2026
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.3
Percentile: 53.04
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4
Temporal Score: 3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-6109
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/1/2019
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/11/2019
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2019-6109
BID: 106843