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scp File Create/Overwrite
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Gain a shell remotely
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
18 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
You are running OpenSSH 1.2.3, or 1.2.
Insight
Insight
This version has directory traversal vulnerability in scp, it allows a remote malicious scp server to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) attack.
Solution
Solution
Patch and new version are available from SSH/OpenSSH.