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SUSE: CVE-2018-20685: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2018-20685: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
01/10/2019
Created
03/19/2019
Added
01/19/2019
Modified
02/04/2022

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(s)

  • suse-upgrade-openssh
  • suse-upgrade-openssh-askpass-gnome
  • suse-upgrade-openssh-cavs
  • suse-upgrade-openssh-clients
  • suse-upgrade-openssh-common
  • suse-upgrade-openssh-fips
  • suse-upgrade-openssh-helpers
  • suse-upgrade-openssh-server

References

  • SUSE-SU-2019:0125-1
  • SUSE-SU-2019:0125-2
  • SUSE-SU-2019:0126-1
  • SUSE-SU-2019:0132-1
  • SUSE-SU-2019:13931-1
  • USN-3885-1
  • DSA-4387
  • CVE-2018-20685
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