RHEL 9 : libssh (RHSA-2023:6643)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 185111

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for libssh.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:6643 advisory.

- libssh: NULL pointer dereference during rekeying with algorithm guessing (CVE-2023-1667)

- libssh: authorization bypass in pki_verify_data_signature (CVE-2023-2283)

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

Solution

Update the RHEL libssh package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:6643.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?25136248

http://www.nessus.org/u?619e5320

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2182199

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2189736

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6643

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 185111

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-6643.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/7/2023

Updated: 4/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-2283

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libssh, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libssh-config, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libssh-devel

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/7/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/15/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-1667, CVE-2023-2283

CWE: 287, 476

IAVA: 2023-A-0517-S

RHSA: 2023:6643