vulnerability
OpenSSH Vulnerability: CVE-2018-20685
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Jan 10, 2019 | Jan 31, 2019 | Apr 17, 2026 |
Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Jan 10, 2019
Added
Jan 31, 2019
Modified
Apr 17, 2026
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.
Solution
openbsd-openssh-upgrade-latest
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