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Debian DLA-3437-1 : libssh - LTS security update

2023-05-3000:00:00
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debian
libssh
lts
security update
vulnerabilities
scp command
remote target
compromise
null pointer
denial of service
authentication

8.2 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.007 Low

EPSS

Percentile

80.7%

The remote Debian 10 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-3437 advisory.

  • A flaw was found with the libssh API function ssh_scp_new() in versions before 0.9.3 and before 0.8.8.
    When the libssh SCP client connects to a server, the scp command, which includes a user-provided path, is executed on the server-side. In case the library is used in a way where users can influence the third parameter of the function, it would become possible for an attacker to inject arbitrary commands, leading to a compromise of the remote target. (CVE-2019-14889)

  • A NULL pointer dereference was found In libssh during re-keying with algorithm guessing. This issue may allow an authenticated client to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2023-1667)

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

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
#
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory dla-3437. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(176464);
  script_version("1.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/12/22");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2019-14889", "CVE-2023-1667");
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2023-A-0517-S");

  script_name(english:"Debian DLA-3437-1 : libssh - LTS security update");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Debian 10 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the
dla-3437 advisory.

  - A flaw was found with the libssh API function ssh_scp_new() in versions before 0.9.3 and before 0.8.8.
    When the libssh SCP client connects to a server, the scp command, which includes a user-provided path, is
    executed on the server-side. In case the library is used in a way where users can influence the third
    parameter of the function, it would become possible for an attacker to inject arbitrary commands, leading
    to a compromise of the remote target. (CVE-2019-14889)

  - A NULL pointer dereference was found In libssh during re-keying with algorithm guessing. This issue may
    allow an authenticated client to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2023-1667)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=946548");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/libssh");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2023/dla-3437");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-14889");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-1667");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/libssh");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade the libssh packages.

For Debian 10 buster, these problems have been fixed in version 0.8.7-1+deb10u2.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2019-14889");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/12/10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/05/29");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/05/30");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libssh-doc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"II");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}

include('debian_package.inc');

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var debian_release = get_kb_item('Host/Debian/release');
if ( isnull(debian_release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Debian');
debian_release = chomp(debian_release);
if (! preg(pattern:"^(10)\.[0-9]+", string:debian_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Debian 10.0', 'Debian ' + debian_release);
var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Debian', cpu);

var pkgs = [
    {'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'libssh-4', 'reference': '0.8.7-1+deb10u2'},
    {'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'libssh-dev', 'reference': '0.8.7-1+deb10u2'},
    {'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'libssh-doc', 'reference': '0.8.7-1+deb10u2'},
    {'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'libssh-gcrypt-4', 'reference': '0.8.7-1+deb10u2'},
    {'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'libssh-gcrypt-dev', 'reference': '0.8.7-1+deb10u2'}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var _release = NULL;
  var prefix = NULL;
  var reference = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = package_array['release'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['prefix'])) prefix = package_array['prefix'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
  if (_release && prefix && reference) {
    if (deb_check(release:_release, prefix:prefix, reference:reference)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
    extra      : deb_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = deb_pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'libssh-4 / libssh-dev / libssh-doc / libssh-gcrypt-4 / etc');
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
debiandebian_linuxlibssh-docp-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libssh-doc
debiandebian_linux10.0cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0