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AIX OpenSSH Advisory: openssh_advisory.asc
low Nessus Plugin ID 73557
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Synopsis
The remote AIX host is running a vulnerable version of OpenSSH.Description
The version of OpenSSH running on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :- X11 man-in-the-middle attack:
When attempting to bind(2) to a port that has previously been bound with SO_REUSEADDR set, most operating systems check that either the effective user-id matches the previous bind (common on BSD-derived systems) or that the bind addresses do not overlap. When the sshd_config(5) option X11UseLocalhost has been set to 'no' - an attacker may establish a more-specific bind, which will be used in preference to sshd's wildcard listener. (CVE-2008-3259)
- Plaintext Recovery Attack Against SSH:
If exploited, this attack can potentially allow an attacker to recover up to 32 bits of plaintext from an arbitrary block of ciphertext from a connection secured using the SSH protocol in the standard configuration.
If OpenSSH is used in the standard configuration, then the attacker's success probability for recovering 32 bits of plaintext is 2^{-18}. A variant of the attack against OpenSSH in the standard configuration can verifiably recover 14 bits of plaintext with probability 2^{-14}. The success probability of the attack for other implementations of SSH is not known. (CVE-2008-5161)
Solution
A fix is available for AIX versions 5.3 and 6.1, and it can be downloaded from the OpenSSH sourceforge website for the AIX release.There is no fix for AIX version 5.2.
See Also
https://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/openssh_advisory.asc
http://www.openssh.org/txt/cbc.adv
Plugin Details
Severity: Low
ID: 73557
File Name: aix_openssh_advisory.nasl
Version: 1.11
Type: local
Family: AIX Local Security Checks
Published: 4/16/2014
Updated: 4/21/2023
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 2.6
Temporal Score: 2.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:ibm:aix
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AIX/version, Host/AIX/lslpp
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 6/10/2010
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/21/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-3259, CVE-2008-5161