Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.61698
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-649-1 (openssh)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to openssh announced via advisory USN-649-1. A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 7.04 Ubuntu 7.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. Details follow: It was discovered that the ForceCommand directive could be bypassed. If a local user created a malicious ~ /.ssh/rc file, they could execute arbitrary commands as their user id. This only affected Ubuntu 7.10. (CVE-2008-1657) USN-355-1 fixed vulnerabilities in OpenSSH. It was discovered that the fixes for this issue were incomplete. A remote attacker could attempt multiple logins, filling all available connection slots, leading to a denial of service. This only affected Ubuntu 6.06 and 7.04. (CVE-2008-4109) Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: openssh-server 1:4.2p1-7ubuntu3.5 Ubuntu 7.04: openssh-server 1:4.3p2-8ubuntu1.5 Ubuntu 7.10: openssh-server 1:4.6p1-5ubuntu0.6 In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-649-1 Risk factor : High CVSS Score: 6.5
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-1657 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html BugTraq ID: 28531 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28531 Bugtraq: 20080404 rPSA-2008-0139-1 gnome-ssh-askpass openssh openssh-client openssh-server (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490488/100/0/threaded Cert/CC Advisory: TA08-260A http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-03.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:098 NETBSD Security Advisory: NetBSD-SA2008-005 ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-005.txt.asc OpenBSD Security Advisory: [4.3] 001: SECURITY FIX: March 30, 2008 http://www.openbsd.org/errata43.html#001_openssh http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019733 http://secunia.com/advisories/29602 http://secunia.com/advisories/29609 http://secunia.com/advisories/29683 http://secunia.com/advisories/29693 http://secunia.com/advisories/29735 http://secunia.com/advisories/29939 http://secunia.com/advisories/30361 http://secunia.com/advisories/31531 http://secunia.com/advisories/31882 http://secunia.com/advisories/32080 http://secunia.com/advisories/32110 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2008:009 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00007.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-649-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1035/references http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1624/references http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2396 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584 XForce ISS Database: openssh-forcecommand-command-execution(41549) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41549 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-4109 Debian Security Information: DSA-1638 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1638 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020891 http://secunia.com/advisories/31885 http://secunia.com/advisories/32181 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2008:020 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00004.html XForce ISS Database: openssh-signalhandler-dos(45202) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45202
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