CVE-2019-6109
An issue was discovered in OpenSSH 7.9. Due to missing character encoding in the progress display, a malicious server (or Man-in-The-Middle attacker) can employ crafted object names to manipulate the
02 Description
An issue was discovered in OpenSSH 7.9. Due to missing character encoding in the progress display, a malicious server (or Man-in-The-Middle attacker) can employ crafted object names to manipulate the
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 3.80% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 89.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-14.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-01-31 00:00Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-14 06:40Z15 DAYS AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-01-10
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-116Improper Encoding or Escaping of OutputClass
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- ca29985f6662054036b5f05072b987cea8657f537a720d3e2f2e8092e5a2d467
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.debian.orgDSA-4387https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4387
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190213-0001/
- cvsweb.openbsd.orghttps://cvsweb.openbsd.org/src/usr.bin/ssh/scp.c
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3885-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3885-1/
- cvsweb.openbsd.orghttps://cvsweb.openbsd.org/src/usr.bin/ssh/progressmeter.c
- sintonen.fihttps://sintonen.fi/advisories/scp-client-multiple-vulnerabilities.txt
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201903-16https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-16
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20190325 [SECURITY] [DLA 1728-1] openssh security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00030.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-0f4190cdb0https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W3YVQ2BPTOVDCFDVNC2GGF5P5ISFG37G/
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:1602http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00058.html
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:3702https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3702
- cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf
- cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-412672.html
- cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- openssh Fixed in 8.0p1-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- openssh Fixed in 1:7.9p1-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- openssh Fixed in 1:7.9p1-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- openssh Fixed in 1:7.9p1-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- openssh Fixed in 1:6.6p1-2ubuntu2.12
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- openssh Fixed in 1:7.2p2-4ubuntu2.7
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- openssh Fixed in 1:7.6p1-4ubuntu0.2
- openssh-ssh1 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- openssh-ssh1 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- openssh-ssh1 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- openssh-ssh1 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 16.04 LTS
- openssh Fixed in 1:7.2p2-4ubuntu2.fips.2.8.1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 16.04 LTS
- openssh Fixed in 1:7.2p2-4ubuntu2.fips.2.10.1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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