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Security Bulletin: Directory traversal vulnerability in JCraft JSch before 0.1.54 on Windows, when the mode is ChannelSftp.OVERWRITE

Security Bulletin


Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in JCraft JSch before 0.1.54 on Windows, when the mode is ChannelSftp.OVERWRITE, allows remote SFTP servers to write to arbitrary files via a ..\ (dot dot backslash) in a response to a recursive GET command.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2016-5725
DESCRIPTION:   JSch could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to the implementation for recursive sftp-get containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to download the malicious files outside the client download base directory.
CVSS Base score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/117122 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
UCD - IBM UrbanCode Deploy6.2.7.4
UCD - IBM UrbanCode Deploy6.2.7.3
UCD - IBM UrbanCode Deploy7.0.4.0
UCD - IBM UrbanCode Deploy7.0.3.0
UCD - IBM UrbanCode DeployAll

Remediation/Fixes

Update to z/OS Utility plugin version 54

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

29 Mar 2021: Initial Publication

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
29 March 2021

Initial Publish date:
29 March 2021

UID

ibm16437559