Sun Solaris sshd Timeout Mechanism Remote Denial of Service

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 5247

Synopsis

The remote SSH server is vulnerable to a remote denial of service attack.

Description

The remote Solaris 10 host appears to be running the Solaris sshd daemon earlier than version 1.1.3. Such versions are potentially affected by a denial-of-service vulnerability in the timeout mechanism. An unprivileged attacker, exploiting this flaw, could crash the affected service.

Solution

Apply patch 143140-01 or later, as referenced above.

See Also

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-272629-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 5247

Family: SSH

Published: 11/30/2009

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:sun:solaris

Patch Publication Date: 11/23/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/23/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-4075

BID: 37116