RHEL 4 : openssh (RHSA-2005:527)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 19990

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated openssh packages that fix a security issue, bugs, and add support for recording login user IDs for audit are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

OpenSSH is OpenBSD's SSH (Secure SHell) protocol implementation.

An error in the way OpenSSH handled GSSAPI credential delegation was discovered. OpenSSH as distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 contains support for GSSAPI user authentication, typically used for supporting Kerberos. On OpenSSH installations which have GSSAPI enabled, this flaw could allow a user who sucessfully authenticates using a method other than GSSAPI to be delegated with GSSAPI credentials. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-2798 to this issue.

Additionally, the following bugs have been addressed :

The ssh command incorrectly failed when it was issued by the root user with a non-default group set.

The sshd daemon could fail to properly close the client connection if multiple X clients were forwarded over the connection and the client session exited.

The sshd daemon could bind only on the IPv6 address family for X forwarding if the port on IPv4 address family was already bound. The X forwarding did not work in such cases.

This update also adds support for recording login user IDs for the auditing service. The user ID is attached to the audit records generated from the user's session.

All users of openssh should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2005-2798

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-1483

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:527

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 19990

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2005-527.nasl

Version: 1.24

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/11/2005

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssh, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssh-askpass, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssh-askpass-gnome, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssh-clients, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssh-server, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 10/5/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/6/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2798, CVE-2008-1483

CWE: 264

RHSA: 2005:527