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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS : OpenSSH update (USN-6279-1)

info Nessus Plugin ID 179597

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6279-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that OpenSSH has an observable discrepancy leading to an information leak in the algorithm negotiation. This update mitigates the issue by tweaking the client hostkey preference ordering algorithm to prefer the default ordering if the user has a key that matches the best-preference default algorithm.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6279-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Info

ID: 179597

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6279-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/9/2023

Updated: 8/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:esm, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openssh-client-ssh1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openssh-client, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openssh-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openssh-sftp-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openssh-tests, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ssh-askpass-gnome, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ssh-krb5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ssh

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/9/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/9/2023

Reference Information

USN: 6279-1