The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201606-12 (libssh and libssh2: Multiple vulnerabilities)
libssh and libssh2 both have a bits/bytes confusion bug and generate an abnormaly short ephemeral secret for the diffie-hellman-group1 and diffie-hellman-group14 key exchange methods. The resulting secret is 128 bits long, instead of the recommended sizes of 1024 and 2048 bits respectively.
Additionally, a double free on dangling pointers in initial key exchange packets within libssh could leave dangling pointers in the session crypto structures. It is possible to send a malicious kexinit package to eventually cause a server to do a double-free before this fix. This could be used for a Denial of Service attack.
Impact :
Remote attackers may gain access to confidential information due to the short keysize generated by libssh and libssh2, or cause a Denial of Service condition.
Workaround :
There is no known workaround at this time.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201606-12.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2016 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(91843);
script_version("2.3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/11");
script_cve_id("CVE-2014-8132", "CVE-2016-0739", "CVE-2016-0787");
script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"201606-12");
script_name(english:"GLSA-201606-12 : libssh and libssh2: Multiple vulnerabilities");
script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:
"The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201606-12
(libssh and libssh2: Multiple vulnerabilities)
libssh and libssh2 both have a bits/bytes confusion bug and generate an
abnormaly short ephemeral secret for the diffie-hellman-group1 and
diffie-hellman-group14 key exchange methods. The resulting secret is 128
bits long, instead of the recommended sizes of 1024 and 2048 bits
respectively.
Additionally, a double free on dangling pointers in initial key exchange
packets within libssh could leave dangling pointers in the session crypto
structures. It is possible to send a malicious kexinit package to
eventually cause a server to do a double-free before this fix. This could
be used for a Denial of Service attack.
Impact :
Remote attackers may gain access to confidential information due to the
short keysize generated by libssh and libssh2, or cause a Denial of
Service condition.
Workaround :
There is no known workaround at this time."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-12"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"All libssh users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-libs/libssh-0.7.3'
All libssh2 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-libs/libssh2-1.7.0'"
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:libssh");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:libssh2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/06/26");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/06/27");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("qpkg.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (qpkg_check(package:"net-libs/libssh", unaffected:make_list("ge 0.7.3"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 0.7.3"))) flag++;
if (qpkg_check(package:"net-libs/libssh2", unaffected:make_list("ge 1.7.0"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 1.7.0"))) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
else security_warning(0);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = qpkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "libssh and libssh2");
}