Check Point Advisories

OpenSSH Arbitrary File Write (CVE-2019-6111; CVE-2019-6110)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2019-3233
Date Published:	13 Nov 2024
Severity:	Medium
Last Updated:	Wednesday 13 November, 2024
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2019-6110 CVE-2019-6111
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80
Who is Vulnerable?	OpenSSH 7.9 and prior Winscp 5.1.3 and prior
Vulnerability Description	An arbitrary file write vulnerability exists in OpenSSH. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to access and write arbitrary file.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the OpenSSH Arbitrary File Write (CVE-2019-6111) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: SSH Protection Violation.
Attack Information: OpenSSH Arbitrary File Write (CVE-2019-6111)