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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20685

In OpenSSH 7.9, scp.c in the scp client allows remote SSH servers to bypass intended access restrictions via the filename of . or an empty filename. T...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

In OpenSSH 7.9, scp.c in the scp client allows remote SSH servers to bypass intended access restrictions via the filename of . or an empty filename. The impact is modifying the permissions of the target directory on the client side.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 openssh

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:7.9p1-5"}]}]

Debian:13 openssh

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:7.9p1-5"}]}]

Debian:14 openssh

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:7.9p1-5"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org