Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
PARTIAL Availability impact
NONE local
low complexity
ssh
nessus
exploit available
Published: 2001-06-02
Updated: 2017-10-10
Summary
ssh-keygen in ssh 1.2.27 - 1.2.30 with Secure-RPC can allow local attackers to recover a SUN-DES-1 magic phrase generated by another user, which the attacker can use to decrypt that user's private key file.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
| Application | Ssh | 4 |
Exploit-Db
| description | SSH 1.2.x Secure-RPC Weak Encrypted Authentication Vulnerability. CVE-2001-0259. Local exploit for unix platform |
| id | EDB-ID:20560 |
| last seen | 2016-02-02 |
| modified | 2001-01-16 |
| published | 2001-01-16 |
| reporter | Richard Silverman |
| source | https://www.exploit-db.com/download/20560/ |
| title | SSH 1.2.x Secure-RPC Weak Encrypted Authentication Vulnerability |
Nessus
| NASL family | Misc. |
| NASL id | SSH_KEYGEN.NASL |
| description | The remote host is running a version of SSH Communications Security SSH comprised between versions 1.2.27 and 1.2.30. With Secure-RPC, this version can allow local attackers to recover a SUN-DES-1 magic phrase generated by another user, which the attacker can use to decrypt that user |
| last seen | 2020-06-01 |
| modified | 2020-06-02 |
| plugin id | 11340 |
| published | 2003-03-10 |
| reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2003-2018 Xue Yong Zhi |
| source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/11340 |
| title | SSH ssh-keygen with Secure-RPC SUN-DES-1 Phrase Recovery |
| code | #
# This script was written by Xue Yong Zhi<[email protected]>
#
# See the Nessus Scripts License for details
#
# Changes by Tenable:
# - Revised plugin title, family change (8/10/09)
# - Updated to use compat.inc (11/20/2009)
include("compat.inc");
if(description)
{
script_id(11340);
script_version ("1.16");
script_cve_id("CVE-2001-0259");
script_bugtraq_id(2222);
script_name(english:"SSH ssh-keygen with Secure-RPC SUN-DES-1 Phrase Recovery");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote SSH server might allow a local user to recover a SUN-DES-1
passphrase." );
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote host is running a version of SSH Communications Security
SSH comprised between versions 1.2.27 and 1.2.30.
With Secure-RPC, this version can allow local attackers to recover a
SUN-DES-1 magic phrase generated by another user, which the attacker
can use to decrypt that user's private key file." );
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Download and install the newest version of this software." );
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value: "2003/03/10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value: "2001/01/16");
script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/08/22 16:49:14");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
script_end_attributes();
script_summary(english:"Checks for the remote SSH version");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2003-2018 Xue Yong Zhi");
script_family(english:"Misc.");
script_dependencie("ssh_detect.nasl");
script_require_ports("Services/ssh", 22);
exit(0);
}
#
# The script code starts here
#
include("backport.inc");
port = get_kb_item("Services/ssh");
if(!port)port = 22;
banner = get_kb_item("SSH/banner/" + port );
if ( ! banner ) exit(0);
banner = get_backport_banner(banner:banner);
#Looking for SSH product version number < 1.2.30
if(ereg(string:banner, pattern:"SSH-[0-9]\.[0-9]+-1\.2\.([1-2][0-9]|30)[^0-9]*$", icase:TRUE))security_note(port);
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