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CVE-2019-6111

medium · 5.9

An issue was discovered in OpenSSH 7.9. Due to the scp implementation being derived from 1983 rcp, the server chooses which files/directories are sent to the client. However, the scp client only performs cursory validation of the object name returned (only directory traversal attacks are prevented). A malicious scp server (or Man-in-The-Middle attacker) can overwrite arbitrary files in the scp client target directory. If recursive operation (-r) is performed, the server can manipulate subdirectories as well (for example, to overwrite the .ssh/authorized_keys file).

5.9
CVSS
58.2%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
99th
EPSS percentile
2019-01-31
Published

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses

CWE-22

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
openbsdopenssh<= 7.9
winscpwinscp<= 5.1.3
canonicalubuntu_linux14.04
canonicalubuntu_linux16.04
canonicalubuntu_linux18.04
canonicalubuntu_linux18.10
debiandebian_linux8.0
debiandebian_linux9.0
redhatenterprise_linux7.0
redhatenterprise_linux8.0
redhatenterprise_linux_eus8.1
redhatenterprise_linux_eus8.2
redhatenterprise_linux_eus8.4
redhatenterprise_linux_eus8.6
redhatenterprise_linux_server_aus8.2
redhatenterprise_linux_server_aus8.4
redhatenterprise_linux_server_aus8.6
redhatenterprise_linux_server_tus8.2
redhatenterprise_linux_server_tus8.4
redhatenterprise_linux_server_tus8.6
fedoraprojectfedora30
apachemina_sshd2.2.0
freebsdfreebsd< 12.0
freebsdfreebsd12.0
freebsdfreebsd12.0
freebsdfreebsd12.0
freebsdfreebsd12.0
fujitsum10-1_firmware< xcp2361
fujitsum10-1all versions
fujitsum10-4_firmware< xcp2361
fujitsum10-4all versions
fujitsum10-4s_firmware< xcp2361
fujitsum10-4sall versions
fujitsum12-1_firmware< xcp2361
fujitsum12-1all versions
fujitsum12-2_firmware< xcp2361
fujitsum12-2all versions
fujitsum12-2s_firmware< xcp2361
fujitsum12-2sall versions
fujitsum10-1_firmware< xcp3070

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References

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