Vulnerability in OpenSSH (CVE-2019-6109)
Summary
Vulnerability in OpenSSH (CVE-2019-6109). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
An issue was discovered in OpenSSH 7.9. Due to missing character encoding in the progress display, a malicious server (or Man-in-The-Middle attacker) can employ crafted object names to manipulate the client output, e.g., by using ANSI control codes to hide additional files being transferred. This affects refresh_progress_meter() in progressmeter.c.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2019-6109 has been found in OpenSSH.
Confidential information can be exposed externally. CVSS score: 6.8/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "OpenSSH CVE-2019-6109" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2019-6109 (OpenSSH) — CWE-116 / CVSS v3 6.8
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-116) exists in OpenSSH.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of OpenSSH.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 6.8/10). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'OpenSSH' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'OpenSSH' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
OpenSSHを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Alpine Linux ALPINE-CVE-2019-6109 openssh Fixed in: 7.9_p1-r3
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2019-6109 openssh Fixed in: 1:6.6p1-2ubuntu2.12
References
- advisory security.netapp.com
- advisory usn.ubuntu.com
- web lists.opensuse.org
- web access.redhat.com
- web cert-portal.siemens.com
- web cvsweb.openbsd.org
- web cvsweb.openbsd.org
- web lists.debian.org
- web lists.fedoraproject.org
- web security.gentoo.org
- web sintonen.fi
- web debian.org
- web oracle.com
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web lists.fedoraproject.org
- web lists.fedoraproject.org
- web security.netapp.com
- web usn.ubuntu.com
- web github.com
- web cert-portal.siemens.com
- web cert-portal.siemens.com