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Oracle Linux 6 : openssh (ELSA-2019-0711)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 123986

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2019:0711 :

An update for openssh is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link (s) in the References section.

OpenSSH is an SSH protocol implementation supported by a number of Linux, UNIX, and similar operating systems. It includes the core files necessary for both the OpenSSH client and server.

Security Fix(es) :

* openssh: User enumeration via malformed packets in authentication requests (CVE-2018-15473)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

Update the affected openssh packages.

See Also

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2019-April/008635.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 123986

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2019-0711.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/11/2019

Updated: 9/27/2019

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssh, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssh-askpass, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssh-clients, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssh-ldap, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssh-server, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:pam_ssh_agent_auth, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/10/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/17/2018

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-15473

RHSA: 2019:0711