WinSCP Heartbeat Information Disclosure (Heartbleed)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 73613
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Synopsis
The remote Windows host has an application that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.Description
The WinSCP program installed on the remote host is version 4.x later than 4.3.7, 5.x later than 5.0.6 and prior to 5.5.3. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities :- An out-of-bounds read error, known as the 'Heartbleed Bug', exists related to handling TLS heartbeat extensions that allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information such as primary key material, secondary key material, and other protected content. (CVE-2014-0160)
- An error exists related to X.509 certificates, FTP with TLS, and host validation that allows an attacker to spoof a server and obtain sensitive information.
(CVE-2014-2735)
Solution
Upgrade to WinSCP version 5.5.3 or later.See Also
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2014/Apr/90
https://winscp.net/tracker/show_bug.cgi?id=1151
https://winscp.net/tracker/show_bug.cgi?id=1152
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/history#5.5.3
http://eprint.iacr.org/2014/140
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 73613
File Name: winscp_5_5_3.nasl
Version: 1.12
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows
Published: 4/18/2014
Updated: 11/26/2019
Dependencies: winscp_installed.nbin
Risk Information
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-2735
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.3
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.8
Temporal Score: 4.8
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Temporal Vector: E:F/RL:OF/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:winscp:winscp
Required KB Items: installed_sw/WinSCP
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/14/2014
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/24/2014
Exploitable With
Core Impact
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2014-0160, CVE-2014-2735