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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.57585
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1212)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'openssh' package(s) announced via the DSA-1212 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'openssh' package(s) announced via the DSA-1212 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Two denial of service problems have been found in the OpenSSH server. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following vulnerabilities:

CVE-2006-4924

The sshd support for ssh protocol version 1 does not properly handle duplicate incoming blocks. This could allow a remote attacker to cause sshd to consume significant CPU resources leading to a denial of service.

CVE-2006-5051

A signal handler race condition could potentially allow a remote attacker to crash sshd and could theoretically lead to the ability to execute arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (sarge), these problems have been fixed in version 1:3.8.1p1-8.sarge.6.

For the unstable and testing distributions, these problems have been fixed in version 1:4.3p2-4.

We recommend that you upgrade your openssh package.

Affected Software/OS:
'openssh' package(s) on Debian 3.1.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
9.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2006-4924
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html
BugTraq ID: 20216
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20216
Bugtraq: 20060927 rPSA-2006-0174-1 gnome-ssh-askpass openssh openssh-client openssh-server (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447153/100/0/threaded
Cert/CC Advisory: TA07-072A
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html
CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#787448
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/787448
Debian Security Information: DSA-1189 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1189
Debian Security Information: DSA-1212 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1212
FreeBSD Security Advisory: FreeBSD-SA-06:22.openssh
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06%3A22.openssh.asc
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:22.openssh.asc
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200609-17.xml
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-06.xml
HPdes Security Advisory: HPSBUX02178
http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00815112
HPdes Security Advisory: SSRT061267
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:179
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=207955
http://marc.info/?l=openssh-unix-dev&m=115939141729160&w=2
http://www-unix.globus.org/mail_archive/security-announce/2007/04/msg00000.html
OpenBSD Security Advisory: [2.9] 015: SECURITY FIX: October 12, 2006
http://www.openbsd.org/errata.html#ssh
http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.022-openssh.html
http://www.osvdb.org/29152
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10462
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1193
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0697.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0698.html
SCO Security Bulletin: SCOSA-2008.2
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/unixware7/714/security/p534336/p534336.txt
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016931
http://secunia.com/advisories/21923
http://secunia.com/advisories/22091
http://secunia.com/advisories/22116
http://secunia.com/advisories/22158
http://secunia.com/advisories/22164
http://secunia.com/advisories/22183
http://secunia.com/advisories/22196
http://secunia.com/advisories/22208
http://secunia.com/advisories/22236
http://secunia.com/advisories/22245
http://secunia.com/advisories/22270
http://secunia.com/advisories/22298
http://secunia.com/advisories/22352
http://secunia.com/advisories/22362
http://secunia.com/advisories/22487
http://secunia.com/advisories/22495
http://secunia.com/advisories/22823
http://secunia.com/advisories/22926
http://secunia.com/advisories/23038
http://secunia.com/advisories/23241
http://secunia.com/advisories/23340
http://secunia.com/advisories/23680
http://secunia.com/advisories/24479
http://secunia.com/advisories/24799
http://secunia.com/advisories/24805
http://secunia.com/advisories/25608
http://secunia.com/advisories/29371
http://secunia.com/advisories/34274
SGI Security Advisory: 20061001-01-P
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061001-01-P.asc
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.592566
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102962-1
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2006:062 (Google Search)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_62_openssh.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2006:024 (Google Search)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_24_sr.html
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0054
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-355-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3777
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4401
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4869
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1332
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2119
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0740
XForce ISS Database: openssh-block-dos(29158)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29158
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2006-5051
BugTraq ID: 20241
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20241
CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#851340
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/851340
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/2006-October/004051.html
http://www.osvdb.org/29264
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11387
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016940
http://secunia.com/advisories/22173
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4018
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4329
XForce ISS Database: openssh-signal-handler-race-condition(29254)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29254
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