CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
84.9%
According to its banner, the version of SSH installed on the remote host is older than 5.0. Such versions may allow a local user to hijack X11 sessions because it improperly binds TCP ports on the local IPv6 interface if the corresponding ports on the IPv4 interface are in use.
#
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
include("compat.inc");
if (description)
{
script_id(31737);
script_version("1.19");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/03/27");
script_cve_id("CVE-2008-1483", "CVE-2008-3234");
script_bugtraq_id(28444);
script_xref(name:"Secunia", value:"29522");
script_name(english:"OpenSSH X11 Forwarding Session Hijacking");
script_summary(english:"Checks OpenSSH server version");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote SSH service is prone to an X11 session hijacking
vulnerability." );
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"According to its banner, the version of SSH installed on the remote
host is older than 5.0. Such versions may allow a local user to
hijack X11 sessions because it improperly binds TCP ports on the local
IPv6 interface if the corresponding ports on the IPv4 interface are in
use." );
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=463011" );
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-5.0" );
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to OpenSSH version 5.0 or later." );
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_cwe_id(264);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value: "2008/04/03");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value: "remote");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:openbsd:openssh");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Misc.");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2024 Tenable, Inc.");
script_dependencies("openssh_detect.nbin");
script_require_keys("installed_sw/OpenSSH");
script_require_ports("Services/ssh", 22);
exit(0);
}
include('backport.inc');
include('vcf.inc');
include('vcf_extras.inc');
var port = get_service(svc:'ssh', default:22, exit_on_fail:TRUE);
var app_info = vcf::openssh::get_app_info(app:'OpenSSH', port:port);
vcf::check_all_backporting(app_info:app_info);
var constraints = [
{'fixed_version': '5.0'}
];
vcf::openssh::check_version_and_report(app_info:app_info, constraints:constraints, severity:SECURITY_WARNING);