7.5 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.083 Low
EPSS
Percentile
94.4%
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200408-04 (PuTTY: Pre-authentication arbitrary code execution)
PuTTY contains a vulnerability allowing a malicious server to execute arbitrary code on the connecting client before host key verification.
Impact :
When connecting to a server using the SSH2 protocol an attacker is able to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running PuTTY by sending specially crafted packets to the client during the authentication process but before host key verification.
Workaround :
There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest available version of PuTTY.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200408-04.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2018 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(14560);
script_version("1.18");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/06");
script_cve_id("CVE-2004-1440");
script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"200408-04");
script_name(english:"GLSA-200408-04 : PuTTY: Pre-authentication arbitrary code execution");
script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:
"The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200408-04
(PuTTY: Pre-authentication arbitrary code execution)
PuTTY contains a vulnerability allowing a malicious server to execute
arbitrary code on the connecting client before host key verification.
Impact :
When connecting to a server using the SSH2 protocol an attacker is able
to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running
PuTTY by sending specially crafted packets to the client during the
authentication process but before host key verification.
Workaround :
There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to
upgrade to the latest available version of PuTTY."
);
# http://www.coresecurity.com/common/showdoc.php?idx=417&idxseccion=10
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.secureauth.com/?idx=417&idxseccion=10"
);
# http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/changes.html
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/changes.html"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200408-04"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"All PuTTY users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge sync
# emerge -pv '>=net-misc/putty-0.55'
# emerge '>=net-misc/putty-0.55'"
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:putty");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2004/08/05");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2004/08/30");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("qpkg.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (qpkg_check(package:"net-misc/putty", unaffected:make_list("ge 0.55"), vulnerable:make_list("le 0.54"))) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
else security_hole(0);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = qpkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "PuTTY");
}