An issue was discovered in OpenSSH 7.9. Due to the scp...
Moderate severity
Unreviewed
Published
May 13, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
•
Updated Jan 29, 2023
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Jan 31, 2019
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
May 13, 2022
Last updated
Jan 29, 2023
An issue was discovered in OpenSSH 7.9. Due to the scp implementation being derived from 1983 rcp, the server chooses which files/directories are sent to the client. However, the scp client only performs cursory validation of the object name returned (only directory traversal attacks are prevented). A malicious scp server (or Man-in-The-Middle attacker) can overwrite arbitrary files in the scp client target directory. If recursive operation (-r) is performed, the server can manipulate subdirectories as well (for example, to overwrite the .ssh/authorized_keys file).
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