Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Summary
Title libssh vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-4219-1 First vendor Publication 2019-12-10
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2019-12-10
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Overall CVSS Score 8
Base Score 8 Environmental Score 8
impact SubScore 5.9 Temporal Score 8
Exploitabality Sub Score 2.1
 
Attack Vector Network Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High Availability Impact High
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 9.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 19.10 - Ubuntu 19.04 - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary:

libssh could be made to run programs under certain conditions.

Software Description: - libssh: A tiny C SSH library

Details:

It was discovered that libssh incorrectly handled certain scp commands. If a user or automated system were tricked into using a specially-crafted scp command, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary commands on the server.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 19.10:
libssh-4 0.9.0-1ubuntu1.3

Ubuntu 19.04:
libssh-4 0.8.6-3ubuntu0.3

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
libssh-4 0.8.0~20170825.94fa1e38-1ubuntu0.5

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
libssh-4 0.6.3-4.3ubuntu0.5

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4219-1
CVE-2019-14889

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libssh/0.9.0-1ubuntu1.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libssh/0.8.6-3ubuntu0.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libssh/0.8.0~20170825.94fa1e38-1ubuntu0.5
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libssh/0.6.3-4.3ubuntu0.5

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-4219-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-78 Improper Sanitization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 15
Application 1
Os 4
Os 1
Os 2
Os 1

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Date Informations
2020-05-23 13:03:46
  • Multiple Updates
2020-03-19 13:20:12
  • First insertion