CVE-2017-15906 (GCVE-0-2017-15906)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-10-26 00:00
Modified
2026-05-28 17:56
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
The process_open function in sftp-server.c in OpenSSH before 7.6 does not properly prevent write operations in readonly mode, which allows attackers to create zero-length files.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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