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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.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)