CVE-2018-20685
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
8.0
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-20685
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-20685.html
Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201904-11
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 8.0p1-1 | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1:7.9p1-5 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:7.9p1-5 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1:7.9p1-5 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1:7.9p1-5 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1:7.9p1-5 |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.