FortressSSH < 0.47 SSH_MSG_KEXINIT Logging Remote Overflow

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 3620

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a buffer overflow.

Description

The remote host is running a version of the FortressSSH SSH server that is vulnerable to a remote buffer overflow. An attacker exploiting this flaw would send a malformed key exchange. Successful exploitation would give the attacker the ability to execute arbitrary code on the remote server.

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.47 or higher.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 3620

Family: SSH

Published: 5/16/2006

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:U/RC:X

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:pragma_systems:fortressssh

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-2421

BID: 17991

Detections

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