gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-201801-05.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201801-05">
<title>OpenSSH: Permission issue</title>
<synopsis>A flaw has been discovered in OpenSSH which could allow a remote
attacker to create zero-length files.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">OpenSSH</product>
<announced>2018-01-07</announced>
<revised count="1">2018-01-07</revised>
<bug>633428</bug>
<access>remote</access>
<affected>
<package name="net-misc/openssh" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">7.5_p1-r3</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">7.5_p1-r3</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>OpenSSH is a complete SSH protocol implementation that includes SFTP
client and server support.
</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>The process_open function in sftp-server.c in OpenSSH did not properly
prevent write operations in readonly mode.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="normal">
<p>A remote attacker could cause the creation of zero-length files.</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>All OpenSSH users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-misc/openssh-7.5_p1-r3"
</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-15906">
CVE-2017-15906
</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2018-01-05T05:55:47Z">jmbailey</metadata>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2018-01-07T23:36:33Z">jmbailey</metadata>
</glsa>