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Oracle Linux 6 : openssh (ELSA-2013-0519)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 68755

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2013-0519 advisory.

 [5.3p1-84.1]
 - Add a 'netcat mode' (ssh -W) (#860809)

 [5.3p1-83]
 - fix the required authentications patch (#869903)

 [5.3p1-82]
 - check return value of PK11_Authenticate in ssh-add -n (#782912)
 - document available methods to RequiredAuthentications[12] (#821641)
 - fix ssh-copy-id (#836650)
 - fix segmentation fault in ssh client (#836655)
 - update pam_ssh_agent_auth to 0.9.3 upstream version
 - fix segfault in su when pam_ssh_agent_auth is used and the ssh-agent is not running (#834404)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

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://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2013-0519.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 68755

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2013-0519.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-5536

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssh-askpass, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssh-clients, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:pam_ssh_agent_auth, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssh-ldap, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssh, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssh-server, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/25/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/21/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-5536

BID: 58097

RHSA: 2013:0519