OSVDB ID: 9550

Title: OpenSSH scp Traversal Arbitrary File Overwrite

Info

Disclosure

Apr 06, 2004

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Unknown

Solution

Unknown

Description

OpenSSH contains a flaw that may allow a context-dependent attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on a remote system. The issue is due to the scp utility not properly sanitizing file copy requests which could allow a remote server to overwrite arbitrary files on the target system.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity, Loss of Availability
Exploit: Exploit Rumored
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 3.4p1 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

OpenBSD

OpenSSH

3.4

References

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete



Direct URL: http://osvdb.org/9550