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openSUSE Security Update : openssh (openSUSE-2017-1351)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 105237

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for openssh fixes the following issues :

Security issue fixed :

 - CVE-2017-15906: Stricter checking of operations in read-only mode in sftp server (bsc#1065000).

Bug fixes :

 - FIPS: Startup selfchecks (bsc#1068310).

 - FIPS: Silent complaints about unsupported key exchange methods (bsc#1006166).

 - Refine handling of sockets for X11 forwarding to remove reintroduced CVE-2008-1483 (bsc#1069509).

 - Test configuration before running daemon to prevent looping resulting in service shutdown (bsc#1048367)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP2:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected openssh packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1006166

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1048367

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1065000

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1068310

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1069509

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 105237

File Name: openSUSE-2017-1351.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/14/2017

Updated: 11/11/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-1483

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:L/A:N

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-15906

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openssh-askpass-gnome, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openssh-askpass-gnome-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openssh-fips, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openssh-cavs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openssh, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openssh-helpers-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openssh-cavs, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openssh-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openssh-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openssh-helpers

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/8/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1483, CVE-2017-15906

CWE: 264