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GLSA-202011-05 : libssh: Denial of service

🗓️ 03 Nov 2020 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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The remote Gentoo host is missing security patches for libssh, leading to a Denial of Service vulnerability

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#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202011-05.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2021 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike 
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(142241);
  script_version("1.4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/02/12");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2020-16135");
  script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"202011-05");

  script_name(english:"GLSA-202011-05 : libssh: Denial of service");

  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-202011-05
(libssh: Denial of service)

    libssh was found to have a NULL pointer dereference in tftpserver.c if
      the function ssh_buffer_new returns NULL.
  
Impact :

    An attacker could cause a possible 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/202011-05");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"All libssh users should upgrade to the latest version:
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-libs/libssh-0.9.5'");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2020-16135");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2020/07/29");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/11/03");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/11/03");

  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:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

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

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2020-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/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 0.9.5"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 0.9.5"))) 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");
}

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12 Feb 2024 00:00Current
6.6Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.6
CVSS 24.3
CVSS 3.15.9
EPSS0.01407
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