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Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output Affecting openssh package, versions <7.9_p1-r3

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.24% (65th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE312-OPENSSH-588167
  • published 15 Jan 2019
  • disclosed 31 Jan 2019
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Introduced: 15 Jan 2019

CVE-2019-6109 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-116 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.12 openssh to version 7.9_p1-r3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openssh package and not the openssh package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.12 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in OpenSSH 7.9. Due to missing character encoding in the progress display, a malicious server (or Man-in-The-Middle attacker) can employ crafted object names to manipulate the client output, e.g., by using ANSI control codes to hide additional files being transferred. This affects refresh_progress_meter() in progressmeter.c.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

6.8 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    None