CVE-2018-20684

Summary

CVECVE-2018-20684
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-01-10 21:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-01-15 20:15:00 UTC
DescriptionIn WinSCP before 5.14 beta, due to missing validation, the scp implementation would accept arbitrary files sent by the server, potentially overwriting unrelated files. This affects TSCPFileSystem::SCPSink in core/ScpFileSystem.cpp.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Winscp Winscp All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 1675 – Prevent SCP server sending files that were not requested :: Tracker :: WinSCP MISC winscp.net Patch, Vendor Advisory
Recent Version History :: WinSCP MISC winscp.net Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
WinSCP CVE-2018-20684 Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Bug 1675: Prevent SCP server sending files that were not requested · winscp/winscp@49d876f · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2020 MISC www.oracle.com
sintonen.fi/advisories/scp-client-multiple-vulnerabilities.txt MISC sintonen.fi Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 296092 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 7.1.4 Missing (CPUJAN2019)
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