SUSE SLES11 Security Update : openssh (SUSE-SU-2018:2275-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 111639

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update for openssh fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed :

- CVE-2016-10012: Fix pre-auth compression checks that could be optimized away (bsc#1016370).

- CVE-2016-10708: Fix remote denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via an out-of-sequence NEWKEYSmessage (bsc#1076957).

- CVE-2017-15906: Fix r/o sftp-server zero byte file creation (bsc#1065000).

- CVE-2008-1483: Fix accidental re-introduction of CVE-2008-1483 (bsc#1069509). Bug fixes :

- bsc#1017099: Match conditions with uppercase hostnames fail (bsc#1017099)

- bsc#1053972: supportedKeyExchanges diffie-hellman-group1-sha1 is duplicated (bsc#1053972)

- bsc#1023275: Messages suppressed after upgrade from SLES 11 SP3 to SP4 (bsc#1023275)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch slessp4-openssh-13719=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-openssh-13719=1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 111639

File Name: suse_SU-2018-2275-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 8/10/2018

Updated: 8/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-10012

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openssh-helpers, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openssh, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openssh-fips, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openssh-askpass-gnome

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/9/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/24/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1483, CVE-2016-10012, CVE-2016-10708, CVE-2017-15906

BID: 28444

CWE: 264

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