Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201820685000
Revision Date:2019-01-10Version:1
Title:CVE-2018-20685 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description:In OpenSSH 7.9, scp.c in the scp client allows remote SSH servers to bypass intended access restrictions via the filename of . or an empty filename. The impact is modifying the permissions of the target directory on the client side.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-20685
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND The 'openssh' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '1:7.2p2-4ubuntu2.7').
  • BACK