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SUSE SLES11 Security Update : openssh (SUSE-SU-2017:0606-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 97570
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
This update for openssh fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed :- CVE-2016-8858: prevent resource depletion during key exchange (bsc#1005480)
- CVE-2016-10009: limit directories for loading PKCS11 modules to avoid privilege escalation (bsc#1016366)
- CVE-2016-10011: Prevent possible leaks of host private keys to low-privilege process handling authentication (bsc#1016369) Non security issues fixed :
- Properly verify CIDR masks in the AllowUsers and DenyUsers configuration lists (bsc#1005893)
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 5:zypper in -t patch sleclo50sp3-openssh-13005=1
SUSE Manager Proxy 2.1:zypper in -t patch slemap21-openssh-13005=1
SUSE Manager 2.1:zypper in -t patch sleman21-openssh-13005=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-LTSS:zypper in -t patch slessp3-openssh-13005=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3:zypper in -t patch sleposp3-openssh-13005=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3:zypper in -t patch dbgsp3-openssh-13005=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.
See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1005480
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1005893
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1016366
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1016369
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10009/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10011/
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 97570
File Name: suse_SU-2017-0606-1.nasl
Version: 3.7
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 3/7/2017
Updated: 1/19/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 6.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openssh, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openssh-askpass, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openssh-askpass-gnome, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/6/2017
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/9/2016