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Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: openssh / openssh-askpass / openssh-askpass-debuginfo / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2019_3702)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 357048

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Synopsis

The Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-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 CIQ 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 based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2019_3702.

See Also

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1665785

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1666119

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1666127

https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2019:3702

http://www.nessus.org/u?bd2a213d

http://www.nessus.org/u?cad5c254

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 357048

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2019_3702.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

Percentile: 96.43

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

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

Required KB Items: Host/OS/extended-third-party, 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: 7/30/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-20685, CVE-2019-6109, CVE-2019-6111