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RockyLinux 8 : openssh (RLSA-2024:3166)

high Nessus Plugin ID 235514

Synopsis

The remote RockyLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2024:3166 advisory.

 * openssh: scp allows command injection when using backtick characters in the destination argument (CVE-2020-15778)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:3166

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1860487

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 235514

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2024-3166.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 5/7/2025

Updated: 5/7/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-15778

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssh-ldap-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssh-ldap, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssh-clients, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssh, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssh-cavs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssh-keycat, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssh-keycat-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssh-cavs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssh-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssh-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssh-server, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssh-server-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pam_ssh_agent_auth-debuginfo, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssh-askpass-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssh-askpass, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pam_ssh_agent_auth, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssh-clients-debuginfo

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/7/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/24/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-15778