CVE-2019-1000018

Publication date 4 February 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

rssh version 2.3.4 contains a CWE-77: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection') vulnerability in allowscp permission that can result in Local command execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via An authorized SSH user with the allowscp permission.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
rssh 18.10 cosmic
Fixed 2.3.4-8ubuntu0.2
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 2.3.4-7ubuntu0.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2.3.4-4+deb8u2ubuntu0.16.04.2
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 2.3.4-4+deb8u2ubuntu0.14.04.2

Notes

sbeattie

this fix introduced a regression, see debian bug

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.8 · High

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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