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Debian DLA-578-1 : openssh security update
medium Nessus Plugin ID 92641
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Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security update.Description
OpenSSH secure shell client and server had a user enumeration problem reported.CVE-2016-6210
User enumeration via covert timing channel
For Debian 7 'Wheezy', this problem has been fixed in version 6.0p1-4+deb7u5.
We recommend that you upgrade your openssh packages.
NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Upgrade the affected packages.See Also
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2016/07/msg00039.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 92641
File Name: debian_DLA-578.nasl
Version: 2.7
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 8/1/2016
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.9
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ssh-askpass-gnome, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:openssh-server-udeb, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ssh, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ssh-krb5, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:openssh-server, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:openssh-client, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:openssh-client-udeb
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 7/30/2016
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2016-6210