The version of OpenSSH installed on the remote host is prior to 9.3. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the release-9.3 advisory.
ssh-add(1): when adding smartcard keys to ssh-agent(1) with the per-hop destination constraints (ssh-add
-h …) added in OpenSSH 8.9, a logic error prevented the constraints from being communicated to the agent. This resulted in the keys being added without constraints. The common cases of non-smartcard keys and keys without destination constraints are unaffected. (CVE-2023-28531)
ssh(1): Portable OpenSSH provides an implementation of the getrrsetbyname(3) function if the standard library does not provide it, for use by the VerifyHostKeyDNS feature. A specifically crafted DNS response could cause this function to perform an out-of-bounds read of adjacent stack data, but this condition does not appear to be exploitable beyond denial-of- service to the ssh(1) client. The getrrsetbyname(3) replacement is only included if the system’s standard library lacks this function and portable OpenSSH was not compiled with the ldns library (–with-ldns). getrrsetbyname(3) is only invoked if using VerifyHostKeyDNS to fetch SSHFP records.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(173384);
script_version("1.3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/03/27");
script_cve_id("CVE-2023-28531");
script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2023-A-0152-S");
script_name(english:"OpenSSH < 9.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The SSH server running on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of OpenSSH installed on the remote host is prior to 9.3. It is, therefore, affected by multiple
vulnerabilities as referenced in the release-9.3 advisory.
- ssh-add(1): when adding smartcard keys to ssh-agent(1) with the per-hop destination constraints (ssh-add
-h ...) added in OpenSSH 8.9, a logic error prevented the constraints from being communicated to the
agent. This resulted in the keys being added without constraints. The common cases of non-smartcard keys
and keys without destination constraints are unaffected. (CVE-2023-28531)
- ssh(1): Portable OpenSSH provides an implementation of the getrrsetbyname(3) function if the standard
library does not provide it, for use by the VerifyHostKeyDNS feature. A specifically crafted DNS response
could cause this function to perform an out-of-bounds read of adjacent stack data, but this condition does
not appear to be exploitable beyond denial-of- service to the ssh(1) client. The getrrsetbyname(3)
replacement is only included if the system's standard library lacks this function and portable OpenSSH was
not compiled with the ldns library (--with-ldns). getrrsetbyname(3) is only invoked if using
VerifyHostKeyDNS to fetch SSHFP records.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-9.3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to OpenSSH version 9.3 or later.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
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-2023-28531");
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:"2023/03/15");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/03/15");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/03/24");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:openbsd:openssh");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Misc.");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2023-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
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 = [
{'min_version': '9.0', 'fixed_version': '9.3'}
];
vcf::openssh::check_version_and_report(app_info:app_info, constraints:constraints, severity:SECURITY_HOLE);