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F5 Networks BIG-IP : OpenSSH vulnerability (SOL15156)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 78162

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Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

A certain Red Hat modification to the ChrootDirectory feature in OpenSSH 4.8, as used in sshd in OpenSSH 4.3 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.4 and Fedora 11, allows local users to gain privileges via hard links to setuid programs that use configuration files within the chroot directory, related to requirements for directory ownership.
(CVE-2009-2904)

Solution

Upgrade to one of the non-vulnerable versions listed in the F5 Solution SOL15156.

See Also

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K15156

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 78162

File Name: f5_bigip_SOL15156.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Published: 10/10/2014

Updated: 3/10/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_global_traffic_manager, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_link_controller, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_wan_optimization_manager, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_webaccelerator, cpe:/h:f5:big-ip, cpe:/h:f5:big-ip_protocol_security_manager

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/BIG-IP/hotfix, Host/BIG-IP/modules, Host/BIG-IP/version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/10/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/1/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2904

BID: 36552

CWE: 16