CVE-2004-0175 Path traversal in n/a
Medium 4.3
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2004-0175 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2004-0175 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in OpenSSH, published on 3 Jun 2004. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-0175 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: OpenSSH. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-0175/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-0175/index.md)
A malicious SSH server can exploit a directory traversal flaw in the OpenSSH client to overwrite arbitrary files on the connecting user's system.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2004-0175?
CVE-2004-0175 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in OpenSSH, published on 3 Jun 2004. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Directory traversal vulnerability in scp for OpenSSH before 3.4p1 allows remote malicious servers to overwrite arbitrary files. NOTE: this may be a rediscovery of CVE-2000-0992.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-0175?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (40)
openssh Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:3.6.1p2-33.30.4 |
openssh-askpass Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:3.6.1p2-33.30.4 |
openssh-askpass-gnome Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:3.6.1p2-33.30.4 |
openssh-clients Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:3.6.1p2-33.30.4 |
openssh-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:3.6.1p2-33.30.4 |
openssh-server Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:3.6.1p2-33.30.4 |
rsh Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:0.17-17.6 |
rsh-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:0.17-17.6 |
rsh-server Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:0.17-17.6 |
openssh Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:3.6.1p2-33.30.4 |
openssh-askpass Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:3.6.1p2-33.30.4 |
openssh-askpass-gnome Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:3.6.1p2-33.30.4 |
openssh-clients Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:3.6.1p2-33.30.4 |
openssh-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:3.6.1p2-33.30.4 |
openssh-server Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:3.6.1p2-33.30.4 |
rsh Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:0.17-17.6 |
rsh-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:0.17-17.6 |
rsh-server Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:0.17-17.6 |
openssh Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:3.6.1p2-33.30.4 |
openssh-askpass Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:3.6.1p2-33.30.4 |
openssh-askpass-gnome Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:3.6.1p2-33.30.4 |
openssh-clients Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:3.6.1p2-33.30.4 |
openssh-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:3.6.1p2-33.30.4 |
openssh-server Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:3.6.1p2-33.30.4 |
rsh Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:0.17-17.6 |
rsh-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:0.17-17.6 |
rsh-server Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:0.17-17.6 |
openssh Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 0:3.6.1p2-33.30.4 |
openssh-askpass Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 0:3.6.1p2-33.30.4 |
openssh-askpass-gnome Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 0:3.6.1p2-33.30.4 |
openssh-clients Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 0:3.6.1p2-33.30.4 |
openssh-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 0:3.6.1p2-33.30.4 |
openssh-server Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 0:3.6.1p2-33.30.4 |
rsh Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 0:0.17-17.6 |
rsh-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 0:0.17-17.6 |
rsh-server Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 0:0.17-17.6 |
rsh Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:0.17-25.3 |
rsh-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:0.17-25.3 |
rsh-server Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:0.17-25.3 |
rsh Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:0.17-25.3 |
Products include OpenSSH.
How do I fix CVE-2004-0175?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2004-0175 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-0175 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in OpenSSH
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0175, GHSA-384q-pv6w-p8vv, RHSA-2005:074, RHSA-2005:106, RHSA-2005:165.