Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in scp for OpenSSH before 3.4p1 allows remote malicious servers to overwrite arbitrary files. NOTE: this may be a rediscovery of CVE-2000-0992.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | openssh | 1:3.9p1-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | openssh | 1:3.9p1-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | openssh | 1:3.9p1-1 | — |
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 4 | krb5 +4 | 1.3.4-17 | RHSA-2005:567 |
| RHEL 4 | rsh +1 | 0.17-25.3 | RHSA-2005:165 |
| RHEL 3 | krb5 +4 | 1.2.7-47 | RHSA-2005:562 |
| RHEL 3 | openssh +4 | 3.6.1p2-33.30.4 | RHSA-2005:106 |
| RHEL 3 | rsh +1 | 0.17-17.6 | RHSA-2005:074 |
Advisories 5
- RHSA-2005:567 Red Hat Security Advisory: krb5 security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 26, 2026
- RHSA-2005:562 Red Hat Security Advisory: krb5 security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 26, 2026
- RHSA-2005:165 Red Hat Security Advisory: rsh security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 26, 2026
- RHSA-2005:106 Red Hat Security Advisory: openssh security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 26, 2026
- RHSA-2005:074 Red Hat Security Advisory: rsh security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 26, 2026
References
- RHSA-2005:165 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2005:106 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2005:567 vendor-advisory
- http://www.juniper.net/support/security/alerts/adv59739.txt
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=120147
- RHSA-2005:495 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2005:562 vendor-advisory
- MDVSA-2008:191 vendor-advisory
- SuSE-SA:2004:009 vendor-advisory
- MDKSA-2005:100 vendor-advisory
- 19243 third-party-advisory
- openssh-scp-file-overwrite(16323) vdb-entry
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10184 vdb-entry signature
- 17135 third-party-advisory
- RHSA-2005:074 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2005:481 vendor-advisory
- 9550 vdb-entry
- CLSA-2004:831 vendor-advisory
- O-212 third-party-advisory government-resource
- 9986 vdb-entry