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HistoryApr 04, 2019 - 12:00 a.m.

Debian DSA-4423-1 : putty - security update

2019-04-0400:00:00
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16

7.5 High

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

9.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

9.2 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.035 Low

EPSS

Percentile

91.6%

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in the PuTTY SSH client, which could result in denial of service and potentially the execution of arbitrary code. In addition, in some situations random numbers could potentially be re-used.

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-4423. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(123692);
  script_version("1.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/06/06");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2019-9894",
    "CVE-2019-9895",
    "CVE-2019-9897",
    "CVE-2019-9898"
  );
  script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"4423");

  script_name(english:"Debian DSA-4423-1 : putty - security update");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"Multiple vulnerabilities were found in the PuTTY SSH client, which
could result in denial of service and potentially the execution of
arbitrary code. In addition, in some situations random numbers could
potentially be re-used.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/putty");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/putty");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4423");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade the putty packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed
in version 0.67-3+deb9u1.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2019-9898");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/03/21");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/04/03");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/04/04");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:putty");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"pterm", reference:"0.67-3+deb9u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"putty", reference:"0.67-3+deb9u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"putty-doc", reference:"0.67-3+deb9u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"putty-tools", reference:"0.67-3+deb9u1")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
VendorProductVersionCPE
debiandebian_linux9.0cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0
debiandebian_linuxputtyp-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:putty

7.5 High

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

9.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

9.2 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.035 Low

EPSS

Percentile

91.6%