SSH Multiple Vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 1974

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to multiple attack vectors.

Description

The remote SSH server (or client) is vulnerable to various vulnerabilities that may allow an attacker to obtain a root shell on this host.

Solution

Upgrade or patch according to vendor recommendations.

See Also

http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-36.html

http://www.rapid7.com/advisories/R7-0009.txt

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0110.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 1974

Family: SSH

Published: 8/20/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 11195

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Exploitable With

Metasploit (PuTTy.exe <= v0.53 Buffer Overflow)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-1357, CVE-2002-1358, CVE-2002-1359, CVE-2002-1360

BID: 6405, 6407