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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : OpenSSH vulnerabilities (USN-3538-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 106266

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Jann Horn discovered that OpenSSH incorrectly loaded PKCS#11 modules from untrusted directories. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary PKCS#11 modules. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-10009)

Jann Horn discovered that OpenSSH incorrectly handled permissions on Unix-domain sockets when privilege separation is disabled. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to gain privileges. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-10010)

Jann Horn discovered that OpenSSH incorrectly handled certain buffer memory operations. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-10011)

Guido Vranken discovered that OpenSSH incorrectly handled certain shared memory manager operations. A local attacker could possibly use issue to gain privileges. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-10012)

Michal Zalewski discovered that OpenSSH incorrectly prevented write operations in readonly mode. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to create zero-length files, leading to a denial of service.
(CVE-2017-15906).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3538-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 106266

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3538-1.nasl

Version: 3.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/23/2018

Updated: 10/20/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-10009

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-10012

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openssh-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openssh-server-udeb, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openssh-sftp-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ssh, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ssh-askpass-gnome, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ssh-krb5, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openssh-client, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openssh-client-ssh1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openssh-client-udeb

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/22/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/5/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-10009, CVE-2016-10010, CVE-2016-10011, CVE-2016-10012, CVE-2017-15906

USN: 3538-1