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");
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
debian | debian_linux | 9.0 | cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0 |
debian | debian_linux | putty | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:putty |
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-9894
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-9895
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-9897
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-9898
packages.debian.org/source/stretch/putty
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/putty
www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4423
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%