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GLSA-201408-03 : LibSSH: Information disclosure

low Nessus Plugin ID 77112

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201408-03 (LibSSH: Information disclosure)

 A new connection inherits the state of the PRNG without re-seeding with random data.
 Impact :

 Servers using ECC (ECDSA) or DSA certificates in non-deterministic mode may under certain conditions leak their private key.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All LibSSH users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-libs/libssh-0.6.3'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201408-03

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 77112

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201408-03.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Published: 8/11/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.9

Temporal Score: 1.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:libssh, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/10/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0017

BID: 65963

GLSA: 201408-03