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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2019-6110
medium Nessus Plugin ID 222917
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Synopsis
The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.Description
The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.- In OpenSSH 7.9, due to accepting and displaying arbitrary stderr output from the server, a malicious server (or Man-in-The-Middle attacker) can manipulate the client output, for example to use ANSI control codes to hide additional files being transferred. (CVE-2019-6110)
Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.
Solution
There is no known solution at this time.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-6110
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 222917
File Name: unpatched_CVE_2019_6110.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Misc.
Published: 3/4/2025
Updated: 9/14/2025
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.0
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4
Temporal Score: 3.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-6110
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 6.1
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:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openssh-server-sysvinit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pam_ssh_agent_auth, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openssh-ssh1, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openssh-cavs, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssh-server, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openssh-ldap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openssh-server, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssh-clients, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openssh-keycat, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:openssh, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openssh, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssh-keycat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssh-server-sysvinit, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openssh, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openssh-clients, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssh-ldap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssh-cavs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssh, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssh-askpass, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openssh-askpass, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pam_ssh_agent_auth
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/16/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2019-6110