CVE-2016-5725
jsch - security update
5.9
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 24.1%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2016-5725
To remediate CVE-2016-5725, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/jsch—upgrade to 0.1.54-1 or later
- —upgrade to 0.1.51-1+deb8u1 or later
- —upgrade to 0.1.42-2+deb7u1 or later
- —upgrade to 0.1.54 or later
Is CVE-2016-5725 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 24.1%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (4)
- from 0, < 0.1.54-1
- from 0, < 0.1.51-1+deb8u1
- from 0, < 0.1.42-2+deb7u1
- from 0, < 0.1.54
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |