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RHEL 3 : openssh (RHSA-2005:106)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 18310
Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.Description
Updated openssh packages that fix a potential security vulnerability and various other bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.This update has been rated as having low security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
OpenSSH is OpenBSD's SSH (Secure SHell) protocol implementation. SSH replaces rlogin and rsh, and provides secure encrypted communications between two untrusted hosts over an insecure network. X11 connections and arbitrary TCP/IP ports can also be forwarded over a secure channel. Public key authentication can be used for 'passwordless' access to servers.
The scp protocol allows a server to instruct a client to write to arbitrary files outside of the current directory. This could potentially cause a security issue if a user uses scp to copy files from a malicious server. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2004-0175 to this issue.
These updated packages also correct the following bugs :
On systems where direct ssh access for the root user was disabled by configuration (setting 'PermitRootLogin no'), attempts to guess the root password could be judged as sucessful or unsucessful by observing a delay.
On systems where the privilege separation feature was turned on, the user resource limits were not correctly set if the configuration specified to raise them above the defaults. It was also not possible to change an expired password.
Users of openssh should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 18310
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2005-106.nasl
Version: 1.27
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 5/19/2005
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: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssh-askpass-gnome, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssh-clients
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Patch Publication Date: 5/18/2005
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/18/2004
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2004-0175