OpenSSH 7.9 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in OpenSSH 7.9. This impacts an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2019-6110. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Furthermore, an exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in OpenSSH 7.9 (Connectivity Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In OpenSSH 7.9, due to accepting and displaying arbitrary stderr output from the server, a malicious server (or Man-in-The-Middle attacker) can manipulate the client output, for example to use ANSI control codes to hide additional files being transferred.

The bug was discovered 01/11/2019. The weakness was published 01/31/2019 by Harry Sintonen (Website). The advisory is available at cvsweb.openbsd.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-6110 since 01/10/2019. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 7 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 121296 (SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : openssh (SUSE-SU-2019:0126-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 172008 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for openssh (SUSE-SU-2019:0132-1)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (46193), Tenable (121296) and SecurityFocus (BID 106741†). Similar entries are available at VDB-129007, VDB-130369, VDB-130371 and VDB-133748. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 121296
Nessus Name: SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : openssh (SUSE-SU-2019:0126-1)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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01/31/2019 +9 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ssa-412672
Researcher: Harry Sintonen
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2019-6110 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-6110
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-130370
SecurityFocus: 106741 - OpenSSH CVE-2019-6111 Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 02/01/2019 08:08
Updated: 12/18/2025 16:32
Changes: 02/01/2019 08:08 (72), 05/07/2020 09:44 (10), 07/04/2023 09:56 (4), 06/03/2025 16:08 (15), 12/18/2025 16:32 (1)
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