5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
5.3 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
0.007 Low
EPSS
Percentile
79.7%
The version of OpenSSH installed on the remote AIX host is affected by a vulnerability in the process_open function of sftp-server.c in OpenSSH in that it does not properly prevent write operations in readonly mode, which allows attackers to create zero-length files.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(136323);
script_version("1.3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/04/21");
script_cve_id("CVE-2017-15906");
script_bugtraq_id(103766);
script_name(english:"AIX OpenSSH Advisory : openssh_advisory11.asc");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote AIX host has a version of OpenSSH installed that is
affected by a file creation vulnerability.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of OpenSSH installed on the remote AIX host is affected by
a vulnerability in the process_open function of sftp-server.c in
OpenSSH in that it does not properly prevent write operations in
readonly mode, which allows attackers to create zero-length files.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/openssh_advisory11.asc");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"A fix is available and can be downloaded from the IBM AIX website.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2017-15906");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/11/14");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/11/14");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/05/05");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:ibm:aix");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:openbsd:openssh");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"AIX Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2020-2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/AIX/lslpp", "Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AIX/version");
exit(0);
}
include('aix.inc');
include('audit.inc');
include('global_settings.inc');
include('misc_func.inc');
if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled") ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
oslevel = get_kb_item("Host/AIX/version");
if (isnull(oslevel)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "AIX");
if ( oslevel != "AIX-5.3" && oslevel != "AIX-6.1" && oslevel != "AIX-7.1" && oslevel != "AIX-7.2" )
{
oslevel = ereg_replace(string:oslevel, pattern:"-", replace:" ");
audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "AIX 5.3 / 6.1 / 7.1 / 7.2", oslevel);
}
if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/AIX/lslpp") ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
if ( get_kb_item("Host/AIX/emgr_failure" ) ) exit(0, "This AIX package check is disabled because : "+get_kb_item("Host/AIX/emgr_failure") );
flag = 0;
if (aix_check_package(release:"5.3", package:"openssh.base.client", minpackagever:"4.0.0.5200", maxpackagever:"7.1.102.1100", fixpackagever:"7.5.102.1100") > 0) flag++;
if (aix_check_package(release:"6.1", package:"openssh.base.client", minpackagever:"4.0.0.5200", maxpackagever:"7.1.102.1100", fixpackagever:"7.5.102.1100") > 0) flag++;
if (aix_check_package(release:"7.1", package:"openssh.base.client", minpackagever:"4.0.0.5200", maxpackagever:"7.1.102.1100", fixpackagever:"7.5.102.1100") > 0) flag++;
if (aix_check_package(release:"7.2", package:"openssh.base.client", minpackagever:"4.0.0.5200", maxpackagever:"7.1.102.1100", fixpackagever:"7.5.102.1100") > 0) flag++;
if (aix_check_package(release:"5.3", package:"openssh.base.server", minpackagever:"4.0.0.5200", maxpackagever:"7.1.102.1100", fixpackagever:"7.5.102.1100") > 0) flag++;
if (aix_check_package(release:"6.1", package:"openssh.base.server", minpackagever:"4.0.0.5200", maxpackagever:"7.1.102.1100", fixpackagever:"7.5.102.1100") > 0) flag++;
if (aix_check_package(release:"7.1", package:"openssh.base.server", minpackagever:"4.0.0.5200", maxpackagever:"7.1.102.1100", fixpackagever:"7.5.102.1100") > 0) flag++;
if (aix_check_package(release:"7.2", package:"openssh.base.server", minpackagever:"4.0.0.5200", maxpackagever:"7.1.102.1100", fixpackagever:"7.5.102.1100") > 0) flag++;
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_WARNING,
extra : aix_report_get()
);
}
else
{
tested = aix_pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "openssh.base.client / openssh.base.server");
}
5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
5.3 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
0.007 Low
EPSS
Percentile
79.7%