DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20685

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-20685
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20685.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20685
Upstream
Published
2019-01-10T21:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-25T22:40:43Z
Severity
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / openssh

Package

Name
openssh
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/openssh?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:7.9p1-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / openssh

Package

Name
openssh
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/openssh?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:7.9p1-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / openssh

Package

Name
openssh
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/openssh?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:7.9p1-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / openssh

Package

Name
openssh
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/openssh?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:7.9p1-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}