Vulnerabilities > CVE-2002-0639 - Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability in Openbsd Openssh
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
Integer overflow in sshd in OpenSSH 2.9.9 through 3.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code during challenge response authentication (ChallengeResponseAuthentication) when OpenSSH is using SKEY or BSD_AUTH authentication.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Forced Integer Overflow This attack forces an integer variable to go out of range. The integer variable is often used as an offset such as size of memory allocation or similarly. The attacker would typically control the value of such variable and try to get it out of range. For instance the integer in question is incremented past the maximum possible value, it may wrap to become a very small, or negative number, therefore providing a very incorrect value which can lead to unexpected behavior. At worst the attacker can execute arbitrary code.
Nessus
NASL family Mandriva Local Security Checks NASL id MANDRAKE_MDKSA-2002-040.NASL description An input validation error exists in the OpenSSH server between versions 2.3.1 and 3.3 that can result in an integer overflow and privilege escalation. This error is found in the PAMAuthenticationViaKbdInt code in versions 2.3.1 to 3.3, and the ChallengeResponseAuthentication code in versions 2.9.9 to 3.3. OpenSSH 3.4 and later are not affected, and OpenSSH 3.2 and later prevent privilege escalation if UsePrivilegeSeparation is enabled; in OpenSSH 3.3 and higher this is the default behaviour of OpenSSH. To protect yourself, users should be using OpenSSH 3.3 with UsePrivilegeSeparation enabled (see MDKSA:2002-040). However, it is highly recommended that all Mandrake Linux users upgrade to version 3.4 which corrects these errors. There are a few caveats with this upgrade, however, that users should be aware of : - On Linux kernel 2.2 (the default for Mandrake Linux 7.x), the use of Compression and UsePrivilegeSeparation are mutually exclusive. You can use one feature or the other, not both; we recommend disabling Compression and using privsep until this can be resolved. - Using privsep may cause some PAM modules which expect to run with root privilege to fail. For instance, users will not be able to change their password if they attempt to log into an account with an expired password. If you absolutely must use one of these features that conflict with privsep, you can disable it in /etc/ssh/sshd_config by using : UsePrivilegeSeparation no However, if you do this, be sure you are running OpenSSH 3.4. Updates to OpenSSH will be made available once these problems are resolved. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 13944 published 2004-07-31 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/13944 title Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : openssh (MDKSA-2002:040-1) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Mandrake Linux Security Advisory MDKSA-2002:040. # The text itself is copyright (C) Mandriva S.A. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(13944); script_version ("1.20"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:46"); script_cve_id("CVE-2002-0639", "CVE-2002-0640"); script_xref(name:"MDKSA", value:"2002:040-1"); script_name(english:"Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : openssh (MDKSA-2002:040-1)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "An input validation error exists in the OpenSSH server between versions 2.3.1 and 3.3 that can result in an integer overflow and privilege escalation. This error is found in the PAMAuthenticationViaKbdInt code in versions 2.3.1 to 3.3, and the ChallengeResponseAuthentication code in versions 2.9.9 to 3.3. OpenSSH 3.4 and later are not affected, and OpenSSH 3.2 and later prevent privilege escalation if UsePrivilegeSeparation is enabled; in OpenSSH 3.3 and higher this is the default behaviour of OpenSSH. To protect yourself, users should be using OpenSSH 3.3 with UsePrivilegeSeparation enabled (see MDKSA:2002-040). However, it is highly recommended that all Mandrake Linux users upgrade to version 3.4 which corrects these errors. There are a few caveats with this upgrade, however, that users should be aware of : - On Linux kernel 2.2 (the default for Mandrake Linux 7.x), the use of Compression and UsePrivilegeSeparation are mutually exclusive. You can use one feature or the other, not both; we recommend disabling Compression and using privsep until this can be resolved. - Using privsep may cause some PAM modules which expect to run with root privilege to fail. For instance, users will not be able to change their password if they attempt to log into an account with an expired password. If you absolutely must use one of these features that conflict with privsep, you can disable it in /etc/ssh/sshd_config by using : UsePrivilegeSeparation no However, if you do this, be sure you are running OpenSSH 3.4. Updates to OpenSSH will be made available once these problems are resolved." ); # http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openssh-unix-dev&m=102495293705094&w=2 script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://marc.info/?l=openssh-unix-dev&m=102495293705094&w=2" ); # http://web.archive.org/web/20030218003736/http://online.securityfocus.com:80/archive/1/280070/2002-06-29/2002-07-05/0 script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?e2bfc14c" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:openssh"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:openssh-askpass"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:openssh-askpass-gnome"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:openssh-clients"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:openssh-server"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:7.1"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:7.2"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:8.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:8.1"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:8.2"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2002/07/02"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2004/07/31"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"Mandriva Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/Mandrake/release", "Host/Mandrake/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mandriva / Mandake Linux"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if (cpu !~ "^(amd64|i[3-6]86|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Mandriva / Mandrake Linux", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"openssh-3.4p1-1.2mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"openssh-askpass-3.4p1-1.2mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"openssh-askpass-gnome-3.4p1-1.2mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"openssh-clients-3.4p1-1.2mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"openssh-server-3.4p1-1.2mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.2", cpu:"i386", reference:"openssh-3.4p1-1.2mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.2", cpu:"i386", reference:"openssh-askpass-3.4p1-1.2mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.2", cpu:"i386", reference:"openssh-askpass-gnome-3.4p1-1.2mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.2", cpu:"i386", reference:"openssh-clients-3.4p1-1.2mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.2", cpu:"i386", reference:"openssh-server-3.4p1-1.2mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK8.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"openssh-3.4p1-1.1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK8.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"openssh-askpass-3.4p1-1.1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK8.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"openssh-askpass-gnome-3.4p1-1.1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK8.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"openssh-clients-3.4p1-1.1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK8.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"openssh-server-3.4p1-1.1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK8.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"openssh-3.4p1-1.1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK8.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"openssh-askpass-3.4p1-1.1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK8.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"openssh-askpass-gnome-3.4p1-1.1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK8.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"openssh-clients-3.4p1-1.1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK8.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"openssh-server-3.4p1-1.1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK8.2", cpu:"i386", reference:"openssh-3.4p1-1.1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK8.2", cpu:"i386", reference:"openssh-askpass-3.4p1-1.1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK8.2", cpu:"i386", reference:"openssh-askpass-gnome-3.4p1-1.1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK8.2", cpu:"i386", reference:"openssh-clients-3.4p1-1.1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK8.2", cpu:"i386", reference:"openssh-server-3.4p1-1.1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family Misc. NASL id SUNSSH_PLAINTEXT_RECOVERY.NASL description The version of SunSSH running on the remote host has an information disclosure vulnerability. A design flaw in the SSH specification could allow a man-in-the-middle attacker to recover up to 32 bits of plaintext from an SSH-protected connection in the standard configuration. An attacker could exploit this to gain access to sensitive information. Note that this version of SunSSH is also prone to several additional issues but Nessus did not test for them. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 55992 published 2011-08-29 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/55992 title SunSSH < 1.1.1 / 1.3 CBC Plaintext Disclosure code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(55992); script_version("1.17"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/07/31 17:27:54"); script_cve_id( "CVE-2000-0525", "CVE-2000-1169", "CVE-2001-0361", "CVE-2001-0529", "CVE-2001-0572", "CVE-2001-0816", "CVE-2001-0872", "CVE-2001-1380", "CVE-2001-1382", "CVE-2001-1459", "CVE-2001-1507", "CVE-2001-1585", "CVE-2002-0083", "CVE-2002-0575", "CVE-2002-0639", "CVE-2002-0640", "CVE-2002-0765", "CVE-2003-0190", "CVE-2003-0386", "CVE-2003-0682", "CVE-2003-0693", "CVE-2003-0695", "CVE-2003-0786", "CVE-2003-0787", "CVE-2003-1562", "CVE-2004-0175", "CVE-2004-1653", "CVE-2004-2069", "CVE-2004-2760", "CVE-2005-2666", "CVE-2005-2797", "CVE-2005-2798", "CVE-2006-0225", "CVE-2006-4924", "CVE-2006-4925", "CVE-2006-5051", "CVE-2006-5052", "CVE-2006-5229", "CVE-2006-5794", "CVE-2007-2243", "CVE-2007-2768", "CVE-2007-3102", "CVE-2007-4752", "CVE-2008-1483", "CVE-2008-1657", "CVE-2008-3259", "CVE-2008-4109", "CVE-2008-5161" ); script_bugtraq_id(32319); script_xref(name:"CERT", value:"958563"); script_name(english:"SunSSH < 1.1.1 / 1.3 CBC Plaintext Disclosure"); script_summary(english:"Checks SSH banner"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value: "The SSH service running on the remote host has an information disclosure vulnerability." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "The version of SunSSH running on the remote host has an information disclosure vulnerability. A design flaw in the SSH specification could allow a man-in-the-middle attacker to recover up to 32 bits of plaintext from an SSH-protected connection in the standard configuration. An attacker could exploit this to gain access to sensitive information. Note that this version of SunSSH is also prone to several additional issues but Nessus did not test for them." ); # http://web.archive.org/web/20090523091544/http://www.cpni.gov.uk/docs/vulnerability_advisory_ssh.txt script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also",value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?4984aeb9"); # http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/Community+Group+security/SSH#HHistoryofSunSSH script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also",value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?b679208a"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also",value:"http://blogs.oracle.com/janp/entry/on_sunssh_versioning"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Upgrade to SunSSH 1.1.1 / 1.3 or later" ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/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:"exploit_framework_core", value:"true"); script_cwe_id(16, 20, 22, 189, 200, 255, 264, 287, 310, 362, 399); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date",value:"2008/11/17"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date",value:"2008/12/11"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date",value:"2011/08/29"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type",value:"remote"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_family(english:"Misc."); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_dependencies("ssh_detect.nasl"); script_require_ports("Services/ssh"); exit(0); } include("global_settings.inc"); include("misc_func.inc"); # Ensure the port is open. port = get_service(svc:"ssh", default:22, exit_on_fail:TRUE); # Get banner for service. banner = get_kb_item_or_exit("SSH/banner/" + port); # Check that we're using SunSSH. if ('sun_ssh' >!< tolower(banner)) exit(0, "The SSH service on port " + port + " is not SunSSH."); # Check the version in the banner. match = eregmatch(string:banner, pattern:"sun_ssh[-_]([0-9.]+)$", icase:TRUE); if (isnull(match)) exit(1, "Could not parse the version string from the banner on port " + port + "."); else version = match[1]; # the Oracle (Sun) blog above explains how the versioning works. we could # probably explicitly check for each vulnerable version if it came down to it if ( ver_compare(ver:version, fix:'1.1.1', strict:FALSE) == -1 || version == '1.2' ) { if (report_verbosity > 0) { report = '\n Version source : ' + banner + '\n Installed version : ' + version + '\n Fixed version : 1.1.1 / 1.3\n'; security_hole(port:port, extra:report); } else security_hole(port); } else exit(0, "The SunSSH server on port "+port+" is not affected as it's version "+version+".");
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-134.NASL description ISS X-Force released an advisory about an OpenSSH last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 14971 published 2004-09-29 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/14971 title Debian DSA-134-4 : ssh - remote exploit NASL family Gain a shell remotely NASL id OPENSSH_33.NASL description According to its banner, the remote host appears to be running OpenSSH version 3.4 or older. Such versions are reportedly affected by multiple flaws. An attacker may exploit these vulnerabilities to gain a shell on the remote system. Note that several distributions patched this hole without changing the version number of OpenSSH. Since Nessus solely relied on the banner of the remote SSH server to perform this check, this might be a false positive. If you are running a RedHat host, make sure that the command : rpm -q openssh-server Returns : openssh-server-3.1p1-6 last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 11031 published 2002-06-25 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2002-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/11031 title OpenSSH < 3.4 Multiple Remote Overflows
Statements
contributor | Mark J Cox |
lastmodified | 2008-05-15 |
organization | Red Hat |
statement | Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of OpenSSH as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 or later. This issue did not affect the OpenSSL packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 as they were not compiled with S/Key or BSD_AUTH support. The upstream patch for this issue and CVE-2002-0640 was included in an errata so that users recompiling OpenSSL with support for those authentication methods would also be protected: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002-131.html |
References
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/369347
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-18.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-134
- http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBUX0206-195
- ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-030.0.txt
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-06/0335.html
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000502
- http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/other_advisory-2177.html
- http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:040
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5093
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9169.php
- http://www.osvdb.org/6245
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102514371522793&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102514631524575&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102521542826833&w=2
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080622172542/www.iss.net/threats/advise123.html
- https://twitter.com/RooneyMcNibNug/status/1152332585349111810