7.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
4.4 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.0005 Low
EPSS
Percentile
17.5%
OpenSSH is prone to an integer overflow vulnerability.
# Copyright (C) 2020 Greenbone Networks GmbH
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
CPE = "cpe:/a:openbsd:openssh";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.108729");
script_version("2021-07-07T11:00:41+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2019-16905");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.4");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2021-07-07 11:00:41 +0000 (Wed, 07 Jul 2021)");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2019-10-22 14:15:00 +0000 (Tue, 22 Oct 2019)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2020-03-23 08:47:12 +0000 (Mon, 23 Mar 2020)");
script_name("OpenSSH < 8.1 Integer Overflow Vulnerability");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2020 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("gb_openssh_consolidation.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("openssh/detected");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-8.1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://0day.life/exploits/0day-1009.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/sshkey-xmss.c.diff?r1=1.5&r2=1.6&f=h");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"OpenSSH is prone to an integer overflow vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present
on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"An exploitable integer overflow bug was found in the
private key parsing code for the XMSS key type. This key type is still experimental and
support for it is not compiled by default. No user-facing autoconf option exists in
portable OpenSSH to enable it.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successfully exploitation could lead to memory corruption
and local code execution.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"OpenSSH versions 7.7 through 7.9 and 8.x before 8.1.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 8.1 or later.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
# nb: Experimental feature not enabled by default so an unreliable QoD is used for Windows-Based systems as well.
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
if( isnull( port = get_app_port( cpe:CPE ) ) )
exit( 0 );
if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe:CPE, port:port, exit_no_version:TRUE ) )
exit( 0 );
vers = infos["version"];
path = infos["location"];
deb_vers = get_kb_item( "openssh/" + port + "/debian_version" );
if( strlen( deb_vers ) )
exit( 99 ); # nb: Not enabled in Debian so not affected at all.
if( vers =~ "^7\.[7-9]" || ( vers =~ "^8\." && version_is_less( version:vers, test_version:"8.1" ) ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"8.1", install_path:path );
security_message( port:port, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );
7.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
4.4 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.0005 Low
EPSS
Percentile
17.5%