Alpine: multiple libssh packages: security update to 0.7.2-r0 (deprecated)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 400991

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- libssh before 0.7.3 improperly truncates ephemeral secrets generated for the (1) diffie-hellman-group1 and
(2) diffie-hellman-group14 key exchange methods to 128 bits, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle
attackers to decrypt or intercept SSH sessions via unspecified vectors, aka a "bits/bytes confusion bug."
(CVE-2016-0739)

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 400991

Version: Revision 1.22

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/16/2023

Updated: 1/17/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-0739

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/24/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/23/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-0739

BID: 83186

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