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Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-15906: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

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Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Oct 26, 2017
Added
Jan 3, 2018
Modified
Dec 5, 2025

Description

The process_open function in sftp-server.c in OpenSSH before 7.6 does not properly prevent write operations in readonly mode, which allows attackers to create zero-length files.

Solution

alpine-linux-upgrade-openssh

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