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RHEL 6 : openssh (RHSA-2016:0741)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 91073
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2016:0741 advisory.- openssh: XSECURITY restrictions bypass under certain conditions in ssh(1) (CVE-2015-5352)
- openssh: Privilege separation weakness related to PAM support (CVE-2015-6563)
- openssh: Use-after-free bug related to PAM support (CVE-2015-6564)
- openssh: possible fallback from untrusted to trusted X11 forwarding (CVE-2016-1908)
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
http://www.nessus.org/u?58b1225c
http://www.nessus.org/u?5c4aeb7a
http://www.nessus.org/u?9737c60c
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0741
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1211673
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1218070
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1219820
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1238231
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1252844
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 91073
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2016-0741.nasl
Version: 2.13
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 5/12/2016
Updated: 4/21/2024
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: 6.7
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-1908
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssh-askpass, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssh, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssh-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssh-ldap, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pam_ssh_agent_auth, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssh-clients
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/10/2016
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/2/2015
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2015-5352, CVE-2015-6563, CVE-2015-6564, CVE-2016-1908