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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.04 / 23.10 : libssh vulnerabilities (USN-6592-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 189295

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.04 / 23.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6592-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that libssh incorrectly handled the ProxyCommand and the ProxyJump features. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to inject malicious code into the command of the features mentioned through the hostname parameter. (CVE-2023-6004)

 It was discovered that libssh incorrectly handled return codes when performing message digest operations.
 A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libssh to crash, obtain sensitive information, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-6918)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6592-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 189295

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6592-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/22/2024

Updated: 8/27/2024

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: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-6004

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Temporal Score: 4.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:23.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libssh-gcrypt-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:23.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libssh-gcrypt-4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libssh-4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libssh-dev

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/22/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/19/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-6004, CVE-2023-6918

USN: 6592-1