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OpenSSH < 3.0.1 Multiple Flaws

medium Nessus Plugin ID 10802

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Synopsis

The remote host has an application that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

According to its banner, the remote host appears to be running OpenSSH version 3.0.1 or older. Such versions are reportedly affected by multiple flaws :

 - Provided KerberosV is enabled (disabled by default), it may be possible for an attacker to partially authenticate.

 - It may be possible to crash the daemon due to a excessive memory clearing bug.

Solution

Upgrade to OpenSSH 3.0.1 or later.

See Also

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2001/Nov/152

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 10802

File Name: openssh_301.nasl

Version: 1.32

Type: remote

Family: Misc.

Published: 11/20/2001

Updated: 3/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:openbsd:openssh

Required KB Items: installed_sw/OpenSSH

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/19/2001

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/19/2001

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2001-1507

BID: 3560