Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2018-20685  

In OpenSSH 7.9, scp.c in the scp client allows remote SSH servers to bypass intended access restrictions via the filename of . or an empty filename.

Severity High

Remote Yes

Type Insufficient validation

Description

In OpenSSH 7.9, scp.c in the scp client allows remote SSH servers to bypass intended access restrictions via the filename of . or an empty filename.

AVG-849 openssh 7.9p1-1 High Vulnerable

https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/scp.c.diff?r1=1.197&r2=1.198&f=h
https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/commit/6010c0303a422a9c5fa8860c061bf7105eb7f8b2
https://sintonen.fi/advisories/scp-client-multiple-vulnerabilities.txt