Bug 1665785 (CVE-2018-20685)
| Summary: | CVE-2018-20685 openssh: scp client improper directory name validation | ||
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| Product: | [Other] Security Response | Reporter: | Sam Fowler <sfowler> |
| Component: | vulnerability | Assignee: | Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team> |
| Status: | CLOSED ERRATA | QA Contact: | |
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | medium | ||
| Version: | unspecified | CC: | bugzilla-redhat, huzaifas, hyupark, jjelen, mvanderw, sardella, yozone |
| Target Milestone: | --- | Keywords: | Security |
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | If docs needed, set a value | |
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| Clone Of: | Environment: | ||
| Last Closed: | 2019-11-06 00:51:40 UTC | Type: | --- |
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
| Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |
| Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |
| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
| Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |
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| Bug Depends On: | 1665786, 1666574, 1666575 | ||
| Bug Blocks: | 1665788 | ||
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Description
Sam Fowler
2019-01-14 02:42:10 UTC
Created openssh tracking bugs for this issue: Affects: fedora-all [bug 1665786] External References: https://sintonen.fi/advisories/scp-client-multiple-vulnerabilities.txt Analysis:
This is a flaw in the scp client (/usr/bin/scp) shipped as a part of openssh-clients package. The flaw essentially allows a malicious scp server to modify the permissions of the target directory by using certain ANSI characters (empty ("D0777 0 \n") or dot ("D0777 0 .\n") directory name as per the upstream advisory).
To trigger this flaw, the scp client needs to either connect to a malicious scp server or connect to a MITM scp server. Connecting to a MITM server will require the client to accept the new host key, which essentially implies that either the scp server (which the client previously connected to) has changed or there is a possible MITM attempt, both of which should be investigated by the system administrator before going ahead with the connection.
Also note that, since this is a flaw in the scp utility, the SSH client is not affected.
Statement: This issue affects the scp client shipped with openssh. The SSH protocol or the SSH client is not affected. For more detailed analysis please refer to: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1665785#c4 Mitigation: This issue only affects the users of scp binary which is a part of openssh-clients package. Other usage of SSH protocol or other ssh clients is not affected. Administrators can uninstall openssh-clients for additional protection against accidental usage of this binary. Removing the openssh-clients package will make binaries like scp and ssh etc unavailable on that system. Note: To exploit this flaw, the victim needs to connect to a malicious SSH server or MITM (Man-in-the-middle) the scp connection, both of which can be detected by the system administrator via a change in the host key of the SSH server. Further, if connections via scp are made to only trusted SSH servers, then those use-cases are not vulnerable to this security flaw. This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Via RHSA-2019:3702 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3702 This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s): https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-20685 |