Directory Traversal Affecting jsch package, versions <0.1.51-1+deb8u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
24.14% (98th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-JSCH-266386
  • published19 Jan 2017
  • disclosed19 Jan 2017

Introduced: 19 Jan 2017

CVE-2016-5725  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 jsch to version 0.1.51-1+deb8u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream jsch package and not the jsch package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Directory traversal vulnerability in JCraft JSch before 0.1.54 on Windows, when the mode is ChannelSftp.OVERWRITE, allows remote SFTP servers to write to arbitrary files via a ..\ (dot dot backslash) in a response to a recursive GET command.