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Fedora 29 : libssh2 (2019-5885663621)

high Nessus Plugin ID 127512

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

A vulnerability was discovered in libssh2 before 1.9.0, `kex_method_diffie_hellman_group_exchange_sha256_key_exchange` in `kex.c` has an integer overflow that could lead to an out-of-bounds write in the way packets are read from the server. A remote attacker who compromises a SSH server may be able to execute code on the client system when a user connects to the server.

This is related to an `_libssh2_check_length` mistake, and is different from the various issues fixed in 1.8.1, such as CVE-2019-3855.

This update, to the latest current upstream release 1.9.0, addresses this security issue and also includes a number of other bug fixes and enhancements as described in the package changelog.

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

Solution

Update the affected libssh2 package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-5885663621

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 127512

File Name: fedora_2019-5885663621.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/12/2019

Updated: 5/7/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-3855

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libssh2, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:29

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/4/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/21/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-13115, CVE-2019-3855