CVE-2007-6415 Command injection in n/a

What is CVE-2007-6415?

CVE-2007-6415 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 24 Jan 2008. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

scponly 4.6 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended restrictions and execute arbitrary code by invoking scp, as implemented by OpenSSH, with the -F and -o options.

Weakness: CWE-94

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-6415?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Debian Debian Linux.

How do I fix CVE-2007-6415?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2007-6415 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-6415 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
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• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-5r58-qm7q-f6v6.