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HistoryMar 17, 2017 - 12:00 a.m.

FreeBSD : PuTTY -- integer overflow permits memory overwrite by forwarded ssh-agent connections (9b973e97-0a99-11e7-ace7-080027ef73ec)

2017-03-1700:00:00
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CVSS2

7.5

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

CVSS3

9.8

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

EPSS

0.409

Percentile

97.3%

Simon G. Tatham reports :

Many versions of PuTTY prior to 0.68 have a heap-corrupting integer overflow bug in the ssh_agent_channel_data function which processes messages sent by remote SSH clients to a forwarded agent connection.
[…]

This bug is only exploitable at all if you have enabled SSH agent forwarding, which is turned off by default. Moreover, an attacker able to exploit this bug would have to have already be able to connect to the Unix-domain socket representing the forwarded agent connection.
Since any attacker with that capability would necessarily already be able to generate signatures with your agent’s stored private keys, you should in normal circumstances be defended against this vulnerability by the same precautions you and your operating system were already taking to prevent untrusted people from accessing your SSH agent.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
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include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(97789);
  script_version("3.8");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/04");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2017-6542");

  script_name(english:"FreeBSD : PuTTY -- integer overflow permits memory overwrite by forwarded ssh-agent connections (9b973e97-0a99-11e7-ace7-080027ef73ec)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package in pkg_info output");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Simon G. Tatham reports :

Many versions of PuTTY prior to 0.68 have a heap-corrupting integer
overflow bug in the ssh_agent_channel_data function which processes
messages sent by remote SSH clients to a forwarded agent connection.
[...]

This bug is only exploitable at all if you have enabled SSH agent
forwarding, which is turned off by default. Moreover, an attacker able
to exploit this bug would have to have already be able to connect to
the Unix-domain socket representing the forwarded agent connection.
Since any attacker with that capability would necessarily already be
able to generate signatures with your agent's stored private keys, you
should in normal circumstances be defended against this vulnerability
by the same precautions you and your operating system were already
taking to prevent untrusted people from accessing your SSH agent."
  );
  # http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/vuln-agent-fwd-overflow.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?e85f1139"
  );
  # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/9b973e97-0a99-11e7-ace7-080027ef73ec.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?c36fdac1"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected package.");
  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:POC/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:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:putty");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/01/29");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/03/16");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/03/17");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"FreeBSD Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/FreeBSD/release", "Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info");

  exit(0);
}


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


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "FreeBSD");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"putty<0.68")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:pkg_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");

CVSS2

7.5

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

CVSS3

9.8

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

EPSS

0.409

Percentile

97.3%