Vulnerabilities > CVE-2006-5229 - Information Exposure vulnerability in Openbsd Openssh 4.1
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
HIGH Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
NONE Summary
OpenSSH portable 4.1 on SUSE Linux, and possibly other platforms and versions, and possibly under limited configurations, allows remote attackers to determine valid usernames via timing discrepancies in which responses take longer for valid usernames than invalid ones, as demonstrated by sshtime. NOTE: as of 20061014, it appears that this issue is dependent on the use of manually-set passwords that causes delays when processing /etc/shadow due to an increased number of rounds.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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Application | 1 | |
OS | 1 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Subverting Environment Variable Values The attacker directly or indirectly modifies environment variables used by or controlling the target software. The attacker's goal is to cause the target software to deviate from its expected operation in a manner that benefits the attacker.
- Footprinting An attacker engages in probing and exploration activity to identify constituents and properties of the target. Footprinting is a general term to describe a variety of information gathering techniques, often used by attackers in preparation for some attack. It consists of using tools to learn as much as possible about the composition, configuration, and security mechanisms of the targeted application, system or network. Information that might be collected during a footprinting effort could include open ports, applications and their versions, network topology, and similar information. While footprinting is not intended to be damaging (although certain activities, such as network scans, can sometimes cause disruptions to vulnerable applications inadvertently) it may often pave the way for more damaging attacks.
- Exploiting Trust in Client (aka Make the Client Invisible) An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities in client/server communication channel authentication and data integrity. It leverages the implicit trust a server places in the client, or more importantly, that which the server believes is the client. An attacker executes this type of attack by placing themselves in the communication channel between client and server such that communication directly to the server is possible where the server believes it is communicating only with a valid client. There are numerous variations of this type of attack.
- Browser Fingerprinting An attacker carefully crafts small snippets of Java Script to efficiently detect the type of browser the potential victim is using. Many web-based attacks need prior knowledge of the web browser including the version of browser to ensure successful exploitation of a vulnerability. Having this knowledge allows an attacker to target the victim with attacks that specifically exploit known or zero day weaknesses in the type and version of the browser used by the victim. Automating this process via Java Script as a part of the same delivery system used to exploit the browser is considered more efficient as the attacker can supply a browser fingerprinting method and integrate it with exploit code, all contained in Java Script and in response to the same web page request by the browser.
- Session Credential Falsification through Prediction This attack targets predictable session ID in order to gain privileges. The attacker can predict the session ID used during a transaction to perform spoofing and session hijacking.
Exploit-Db
description | Portable OpenSSH <= 3.6.1p-PAM / 4.1-SUSE Timing Attack Exploit. CVE-2003-0190,CVE-2006-5229. Remote exploits for multiple platform |
id | EDB-ID:3303 |
last seen | 2016-01-31 |
modified | 2007-02-13 |
published | 2007-02-13 |
reporter | Marco Ivaldi |
source | https://www.exploit-db.com/download/3303/ |
title | Portable OpenSSH <= 3.6.1p-PAM / 4.1-SUSE Timing Attack Exploit |
Metasploit
description | This module uses a malformed packet or timing attack to enumerate users on an OpenSSH server. The default action sends a malformed (corrupted) SSH_MSG_USERAUTH_REQUEST packet using public key authentication (must be enabled) to enumerate users. On some versions of OpenSSH under some configurations, OpenSSH will return a "permission denied" error for an invalid user faster than for a valid user, creating an opportunity for a timing attack to enumerate users. Testing note: invalid users were logged, while valid users were not. YMMV. |
id | MSF:AUXILIARY/SCANNER/SSH/SSH_ENUMUSERS |
last seen | 2020-02-17 |
modified | 2018-09-15 |
published | 2014-04-28 |
references |
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reporter | Rapid7 |
source | https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master//modules/auxiliary/scanner/ssh/ssh_enumusers.rb |
title | SSH Username Enumeration |
Nessus
NASL family Misc. NASL id OPENSSH_44.NASL description According to its banner, the version of OpenSSH installed on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - A race condition exists that may allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to crash the service or, on portable OpenSSH, possibly execute code on the affected host. Note that successful exploitation requires that GSSAPI authentication be enabled. - A flaw exists that may allow an attacker to determine the validity of usernames on some platforms. Note that this issue requires that GSSAPI authentication be enabled. - When SSH version 1 is used, an issue can be triggered via an SSH packet that contains duplicate blocks that could result in a loss of availability for the service. - On Fedora Core 6 (and possibly other systems), an unspecified vulnerability in the linux_audit_record_event() function allows remote attackers to inject incorrect information into audit logs. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 22466 published 2006-09-28 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/22466 title OpenSSH < 4.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(22466); script_version("1.30"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/07/16 14:09:13"); script_cve_id("CVE-2006-4924", "CVE-2006-4925", "CVE-2006-5051", "CVE-2006-5052", "CVE-2006-5229", "CVE-2007-3102", "CVE-2008-4109"); script_bugtraq_id(20216, 20241, 20245); script_name(english:"OpenSSH < 4.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities"); script_summary(english:"Checks version number of OpenSSH"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote SSH server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities." ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value: "According to its banner, the version of OpenSSH installed on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - A race condition exists that may allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to crash the service or, on portable OpenSSH, possibly execute code on the affected host. Note that successful exploitation requires that GSSAPI authentication be enabled. - A flaw exists that may allow an attacker to determine the validity of usernames on some platforms. Note that this issue requires that GSSAPI authentication be enabled. - When SSH version 1 is used, an issue can be triggered via an SSH packet that contains duplicate blocks that could result in a loss of availability for the service. - On Fedora Core 6 (and possibly other systems), an unspecified vulnerability in the linux_audit_record_event() function allows remote attackers to inject incorrect information into audit logs."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-4.4" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade to OpenSSH 4.4 or later." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"); 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_cwe_id(264, 362, 399); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value: "2006/09/28"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value: "2006/09/28"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value: "remote"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:openbsd:openssh"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_family(english:"Misc."); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_dependencies("ssh_detect.nasl"); script_require_ports("Services/ssh", 22); exit(0); } include("backport.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("misc_func.inc"); # Ensure the port is open. port = get_service(svc:"ssh", exit_on_fail:TRUE); # Get banner for service. banner = get_kb_item_or_exit("SSH/banner/"+port); bp_banner = tolower(get_backport_banner(banner:banner)); if ("openssh" >!< bp_banner) exit(0, "The SSH service on port "+port+" is not OpenSSH."); if (backported) exit(1, "The banner from the OpenSSH server on port "+port+" indicates patches may have been backported."); if (!get_kb_item("Settings/PCI_DSS")) { auth = get_kb_item_or_exit("SSH/supportedauth/" + port); if ("gssapi" >!< auth) exit(0, "The SSH service on port "+port+" doesn't support GSSAPI."); } if (bp_banner =~ "openssh[-_]([0-3]\.|4\.[0-3]([^0-9]|$))") security_hole(port);
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+".");
Packetstorm
data source | https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/download/54435/openssh-timing.txt |
id | PACKETSTORM:54435 |
last seen | 2016-12-05 |
published | 2007-02-14 |
reporter | Marco Ivaldi |
source | https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/54435/openssh-timing.txt.html |
title | openssh-timing.txt |
Seebug
bulletinFamily exploit description No description provided by source. id SSV:64479 last seen 2017-11-19 modified 2014-07-01 published 2014-07-01 reporter Root source https://www.seebug.org/vuldb/ssvid-64479 title Portable OpenSSH <= 3.6.1p-PAM / 4.1-SUSE Timing Attack Exploit bulletinFamily exploit description No description provided by source. id SSV:16847 last seen 2017-11-19 modified 2007-02-13 published 2007-02-13 reporter Root source https://www.seebug.org/vuldb/ssvid-16847 title Portable OpenSSH <= 3.6.1p-PAM / 4.1-SUSE Timing Attack Exploit bulletinFamily exploit description No description provided by source. id SSV:6192 last seen 2017-11-19 modified 2007-02-14 published 2007-02-14 reporter Root source https://www.seebug.org/vuldb/ssvid-6192 title Portable OpenSSH <= 3.6.1p-PAM / 4.1-SUSE Timing Attack Exploit
Statements
contributor | Joshua Bressers |
lastmodified | 2006-10-11 |
organization | Red Hat |
statement | Red Hat has been unable to reproduce this flaw and believes that the reporter was experiencing behavior specific to his environment. We will not be releasing update to address this issue. |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25979
- http://www.osvdb.org/32721
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448025/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448108/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448156/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448702/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20418
- http://www.sybsecurity.com/hack-proventia-1.pdf
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2545