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RockyLinux 8 : openssh (RLSA-2019:3702)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 330843
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Synopsis
The remote RockyLinux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2019:3702 advisory.* openssh: scp client improper directory name validation (CVE-2018-20685)
* openssh: Improper validation of object names allows malicious server to overwrite files via scp client (CVE-2019-6111)
* openssh: Missing character encoding in progress display allows for spoofing of scp client output (CVE-2019-6109)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1665785
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1666119
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 330843
File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2019-3702.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: Local
Published: 7/30/2026
Updated: 7/30/2026
Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.7
Percentile: 96.49
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.8
Temporal Score: 4.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-6111
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
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-6109
Vulnerability Information
CPE: 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:openssh-cavs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssh-cavs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssh-clients-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssh-clients, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssh-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssh-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssh-keycat-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssh-keycat, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssh-ldap-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssh-ldap, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssh-server-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssh-server, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssh, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pam_ssh_agent_auth-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pam_ssh_agent_auth
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: 7/30/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/10/2019