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FreeBSD : putty -- add protocol extension against 'Terrapin attack' (91955195-9ebb-11ee-bc14-a703705db3a6)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 187114
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Synopsis
The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.Description
The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the 91955195-9ebb-11ee-bc14-a703705db3a6 advisory.- The SSH transport protocol with certain OpenSSH extensions, found in OpenSSH before 9.6 and other products, allows remote attackers to bypass integrity checks such that some packets are omitted (from the extension negotiation message), and a client and server may consequently end up with a connection for which some security features have been downgraded or disabled, aka a Terrapin attack. This occurs because the SSH Binary Packet Protocol (BPP), implemented by these extensions, mishandles the handshake phase and mishandles use of sequence numbers. For example, there is an effective attack against SSH's use of ChaCha20-Poly1305 (and CBC with Encrypt-then-MAC). The bypass occurs in [email protected] and (if CBC is used) the [email protected] MAC algorithms. This also affects Maverick Synergy Java SSH API before 3.1.0-SNAPSHOT, Dropbear through 2022.83, Ssh before 5.1.1 in Erlang/OTP, PuTTY before 0.80, AsyncSSH before 2.14.2, golang.org/x/crypto before 0.17.0, libssh before 0.10.6, libssh2 through 1.11.0, Thorn Tech SFTP Gateway before 3.4.6, Tera Term before 5.1, Paramiko before 3.4.0, jsch before 0.2.15, SFTPGo before 2.5.6, Netgate pfSense Plus through 23.09.1, Netgate pfSense CE through 2.7.2, HPN-SSH through 18.2.0, ProFTPD 1.3.9rc1, ORYX CycloneSSH before 2.3.4, NetSarang XShell 7 before Build 0144, CrushFTP before 10.6.0, ConnectBot SSH library before 2.2.22, the mscdex ssh2 module before 1.15.0 for Node.js, the thrussh library before 0.35.1 for Rust, and the Russh crate before 0.40.2 for Rust; and there could be effects on Bitvise SSH through 9.31. (CVE-2023-48795)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
https://lists.tartarus.org/pipermail/putty-announce/2023/000037.html
https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/changes.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 187114
File Name: freebsd_pkg_919551959ebb11eebc14a703705db3a6.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks
Published: 12/20/2023
Updated: 12/29/2023
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.1
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.4
Temporal Score: 4.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-48795
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.9
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:putty, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:putty-nogtk
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 12/19/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/18/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-48795