CVE-2019-6109 Other in n/a

What is CVE-2019-6109?

CVE-2019-6109 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 31 Jan 2019. 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

An issue was discovered in OpenSSH 7.9. Due to missing character encoding in the progress display, a malicious server (or Man-in-The-Middle attacker) can employ crafted object names to manipulate the client output, e.g., by using ANSI control codes to hide additional files being transferred. This affects refresh_progress_meter() in progressmeter.c.

Weakness: CWE-116

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-6109?

It affects 20 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Fujitsu M10-1 Firmware, Fujitsu M10-4 Firmware, Fujitsu M10-4s Firmware and 14 more.

How do I fix CVE-2019-6109?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2019-6109 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-6109 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2019-6109, DEBIAN-CVE-2019-6109, GHSA-2pqm-q853-jfvf, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-6109.