Debian DSA-091-1 : ssh - influencing login

high Nessus Plugin ID 14928

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

If the UseLogin feature is enabled in ssh local users could pass environment variables (including variables like LD_PRELOAD) to the login process. This has been fixed by not copying the environment if UseLogin is enabled.

Please note that the default configuration for Debian does not have UseLogin enabled.

Solution

This has been fixed in version 1:1.2.3-9.4.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-091

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 14928

File Name: debian_DSA-091.nasl

Version: 1.22

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ssh, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:2.2

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/5/2001

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/4/2001

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2001-0872

BID: 3614

DSA: 091