TITLE:
Dropbear SSH Server scp Command Line Shell Command Injection

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA18964

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18964/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

SOFTWARE:
Dropbear SSH Server 0.x
http://secunia.com/product/2027/

DESCRIPTION:
A weakness has been reported in Dropbear SSH Server, which
potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform
certain actions with escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA18579

The weakness has been reported in version 0.47. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Do not use scp to copy files containing potentially malicious
filenames.

Some Linux vendors have issued updated packages.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Gentoo Bugzilla:
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=119232

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA18579:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18579/

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