WinSCP Heartbeat Information Disclosure (Heartbleed)

high Nessus Plugin ID 73613

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Synopsis

The remote Windows host has an application that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The WinSCP program installed on the remote host is version 4.x later than 4.3.7, 5.x later than 5.0.6 and prior to 5.5.3. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities :

- An out-of-bounds read error, known as the 'Heartbleed Bug', exists related to handling TLS heartbeat extensions that allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information such as primary key material, secondary key material, and other protected content. (CVE-2014-0160)

- An error exists related to X.509 certificates, FTP with TLS, and host validation that allows an attacker to spoof a server and obtain sensitive information.
(CVE-2014-2735)

Solution

Upgrade to WinSCP version 5.5.3 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 73613

File Name: winscp_5_5_3.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 4/18/2014

Updated: 4/25/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-2735

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-0160

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:winscp:winscp

Required KB Items: installed_sw/WinSCP

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/14/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/24/2014

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 5/25/2022

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0160, CVE-2014-2735

BID: 66690, 66936

CERT: 720951

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