RHEL 2.1 : openssh (RHSA-2003:280)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 12421

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated OpenSSH packages are now available that fix bugs that may be remotely exploitable.

[Updated 17 Sep 2003] Updated packages are now available to fix additional buffer manipulation problems which were fixed in OpenSSH 3.7.1. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2003-0695 to these additional issues.

We have also included fixes from Solar Designer for some additional memory bugs. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2003-0682 to these issues.

OpenSSH is a suite of network connectivity tools that can be used to establish encrypted connections between systems on a network and can provide interactive login sessions and port forwarding, among other functions.

The OpenSSH team has announced a bug which affects the OpenSSH buffer handling code. This bug has the potential of being remotely exploitable. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2003-0693 to this issue.

All users of OpenSSH should immediately apply this update which contains a backported fix for this issue.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 12421

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2003-280.nasl

Version: 1.24

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 7/6/2004

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssh-askpass, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssh, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssh-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssh-askpass-gnome, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssh-clients

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/17/2003

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/22/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0682, CVE-2003-0693, CVE-2003-0695

RHSA: 2003:280

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