It was discovered that libssh, a tiny C SSH library, did not reset the
state of the PRNG after accepting a connection. A server mode
application that forks itself to handle incoming connections could see
its children sharing the same PRNG state, resulting in a cryptographic
weakness and possibly the recovery of the private key.
# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: deb_2879.nasl 6637 2017-07-10 09:58:13Z teissa $
# Auto-generated from advisory DSA 2879-1 using nvtgen 1.0
# Script version: 1.0
#
# Author:
# Greenbone Networks
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2014 Greenbone Networks GmbH http://greenbone.net
# Text descriptions are largely excerpted from the referenced
# advisory, and are Copyright (c) the respective author(s)
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
#
tag_affected = "libssh on Debian Linux";
tag_insight = "The ssh library was designed to be used by programmers needing a working
SSH implementation by the mean of a library.";
tag_solution = "For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.4.5-3+squeeze2.
For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.5.4-1+deb7u1.
For the testing distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.5.4-3.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.5.4-3.
We recommend that you upgrade your libssh packages.";
tag_summary = "It was discovered that libssh, a tiny C SSH library, did not reset the
state of the PRNG after accepting a connection. A server mode
application that forks itself to handle incoming connections could see
its children sharing the same PRNG state, resulting in a cryptographic
weakness and possibly the recovery of the private key.";
tag_vuldetect = "This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.";
if(description)
{
script_id(702879);
script_version("$Revision: 6637 $");
script_cve_id("CVE-2014-0017");
script_name("Debian Security Advisory DSA 2879-1 (libssh - security update)");
script_tag(name: "last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-07-10 11:58:13 +0200 (Mon, 10 Jul 2017) $");
script_tag(name: "creation_date", value:"2014-03-13 00:00:00 +0100 (Thu, 13 Mar 2014)");
script_tag(name: "cvss_base", value:"1.9");
script_tag(name: "cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
script_xref(name: "URL", value: "http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2879.html");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2014 Greenbone Networks GmbH http://greenbone.net");
script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages");
script_tag(name: "affected", value: tag_affected);
script_tag(name: "insight", value: tag_insight);
# script_tag(name: "impact", value: tag_impact);
script_tag(name: "solution", value: tag_solution);
script_tag(name: "summary", value: tag_summary);
script_tag(name: "vuldetect", value: tag_vuldetect);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");
res = "";
report = "";
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libssh-4", ver:"0.4.5-3+squeeze2", rls:"DEB6.0")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libssh-dbg", ver:"0.4.5-3+squeeze2", rls:"DEB6.0")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libssh-dev", ver:"0.4.5-3+squeeze2", rls:"DEB6.0")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libssh-doc", ver:"0.4.5-3+squeeze2", rls:"DEB6.0")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libssh-4", ver:"0.5.4-1+deb7u1", rls:"DEB7.0")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libssh-dbg", ver:"0.5.4-1+deb7u1", rls:"DEB7.0")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libssh-dev", ver:"0.5.4-1+deb7u1", rls:"DEB7.0")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libssh-doc", ver:"0.5.4-1+deb7u1", rls:"DEB7.0")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libssh-4", ver:"0.5.4-1+deb7u1", rls:"DEB7.1")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libssh-dbg", ver:"0.5.4-1+deb7u1", rls:"DEB7.1")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libssh-dev", ver:"0.5.4-1+deb7u1", rls:"DEB7.1")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libssh-doc", ver:"0.5.4-1+deb7u1", rls:"DEB7.1")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libssh-4", ver:"0.5.4-1+deb7u1", rls:"DEB7.2")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libssh-dbg", ver:"0.5.4-1+deb7u1", rls:"DEB7.2")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libssh-dev", ver:"0.5.4-1+deb7u1", rls:"DEB7.2")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libssh-doc", ver:"0.5.4-1+deb7u1", rls:"DEB7.2")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libssh-4", ver:"0.5.4-1+deb7u1", rls:"DEB7.3")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libssh-dbg", ver:"0.5.4-1+deb7u1", rls:"DEB7.3")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libssh-dev", ver:"0.5.4-1+deb7u1", rls:"DEB7.3")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libssh-doc", ver:"0.5.4-1+deb7u1", rls:"DEB7.3")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if (report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
}