INFSA-2024:3166: OpenSSH security update

Information about definition

Identificator: INFSA-2024:3166

Type: security

Release date: 2024-08-23 18:53:20 UTC

Information about package

OpenSSH is an SSH protocol implementation supported by a number of Linux, UNIX, and similar operating systems. It includes the core files necessary for both the OpenSSH client and server.

Vulnerabilities description

  • CVE-2020-15778

    scp in OpenSSH through 8.3p1 allows command injection in the scp.c toremote function, as demonstrated by backtick characters in the destination argument. NOTE: the vendor reportedly has stated that they intentionally omit validation of "anomalous argument transfers" because that could "stand a great chance of breaking existing workflows."

Severity level

CVE Score CVSS 2.0 Score CVSS 3.x Score CVSS 4.0
no information 7.8 no information
Critical, important, moderate, low

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