Debian DLA-1474-1 : openssh security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 112050

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

It was discovered that there was a user enumeration vulnerability in OpenSSH. A remote attacker couldtest whether a certain user exists on a target server.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', this issue has been fixed in openssh version 1:6.7p1-5+deb8u5.

We recommend that you upgrade your openssh packages.

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

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00022.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/openssh

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 112050

File Name: debian_DLA-1474.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/22/2018

Updated: 8/15/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-15473

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ssh-askpass-gnome, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:openssh-server-udeb, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ssh, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ssh-krb5, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:openssh-sftp-server, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:openssh-server, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:openssh-client, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:openssh-client-udeb

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/21/2018

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-15473