UBUNTU-CVE-2023-51385

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2023-51385

    Published: 20 Dec 2023Last Modified: 16 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2023-51385

    Summary:

    Details: In ssh in OpenSSH before 9.6, OS command injection might occur if a user name or host name has shell metacharacters, and this name is referenced by an expansion token in certain situations. For example, an untrusted Git repository can have a submodule with shell metacharacters in a user name or host name.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-51385, https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/18/2, https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-9.6, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6565-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6560-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-51385, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6560-3

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: openssh

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/openssh?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy%2Ftrusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1:6.2p2-6

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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