CVE-2023-35812 Affecting openssh-cavs package, versions <0:7.4p1-22.amzn2.0.2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-OPENSSHCAVS-5825946
  • published8 Aug 2023
  • disclosed3 Apr 2024

Introduced: 8 Aug 2023

CVE-2023-35812  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 openssh-cavs to version 0:7.4p1-22.amzn2.0.2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2023-2202.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openssh-cavs package and not the openssh-cavs package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in the Amazon Linux packages of OpenSSH 7.4 for Amazon Linux 1 and 2, because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2019-6111 within these specific packages. The fix had only covered cases where an absolute path is passed to scp. When a relative path is used, there is no verification that the name of a file received by the client matches the file requested. Fixed packages are available with numbers 7.4p1-22.78.amzn1 and 7.4p1-22.amzn2.0.2.