{"id":"USN-3885-1","summary":"openssh vulnerabilities","details":"Harry Sintonen discovered multiple issues in the OpenSSH scp utility. If a\nuser or automated system were tricked into connecting to an untrusted\nserver, a remote attacker could possibly use these issues to write to\narbitrary files, change directory permissions, and spoof client output.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:41:28Z","published":"2019-02-07T18:50:47Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20685","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-6109","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-6111"],"upstream":["CVE-2018-20685","CVE-2019-6109","CVE-2019-6111","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20685","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-6109","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-6111"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3885-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-20685"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-6109"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-6111"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"openssh","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/openssh@1:6.6p1-2ubuntu2.12?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:6.6p1-2ubuntu2.12"}]}],"versions":["1:6.2p2-6","1:6.2p2-6ubuntu1","1:6.4p1-1","1:6.4p1-2","1:6.5p1-1","1:6.5p1-2","1:6.5p1-3","1:6.5p1-4","1:6.5p1-6","1:6.6p1-1","1:6.6p1-2","1:6.6p1-2ubuntu1","1:6.6p1-2ubuntu2","1:6.6p1-2ubuntu2.2","1:6.6p1-2ubuntu2.3","1:6.6p1-2ubuntu2.4","1:6.6p1-2ubuntu2.6","1:6.6p1-2ubuntu2.7","1:6.6p1-2ubuntu2.8","1:6.6p1-2ubuntu2.10","1:6.6p1-2ubuntu2.11"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No 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