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RHEL 8 : openssh (RHSA-2019:3702)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 130569
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2019:3702 advisory.OpenSSH is an SSH protocol implementation supported by a number of Linux, UNIX, and similar operating systems. It includes the core files necessary for both the OpenSSH client and server.
The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: openssh (8.0p1). (BZ#1691045)
Security Fix(es):
* openssh: scp client improper directory name validation (CVE-2018-20685)
* openssh: Improper validation of object names allows malicious server to overwrite files via scp client (CVE-2019-6111)
* openssh: Missing character encoding in progress display allows for spoofing of scp client output (CVE-2019-6109)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Release Notes linked from the References section.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?b8d3b26b
http://www.nessus.org/u?edbfef1d
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3702
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1665785
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1666119
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1666127
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1667519
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1668325
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1683295
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1685096
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1686065
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1691045
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1707485
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1712436
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 130569
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2019-3702.nasl
Version: 1.6
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 11/6/2019
Updated: 11/6/2024
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: 6.1
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.8
Temporal Score: 4.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-6111
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 6.1
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-6109
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssh-askpass, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssh-cavs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssh, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssh-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssh-ldap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssh-keycat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pam_ssh_agent_auth, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, 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 Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/5/2019
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/10/2019