Vulnerabilities > CVE-2007-2768 - Information Exposure vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 4.3 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
network
openbsd
netapp
CWE-200
nessus
NVD
Published: 2007-05-21
Updated: 2021-04-01

Summary

OpenSSH, when using OPIE (One-Time Passwords in Everything) for PAM, allows remote attackers to determine the existence of certain user accounts, which displays a different response if the user account exists and is configured to use one-time passwords (OTP), a similar issue to CVE-2007-2243.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Openbsd
1
Application
Netapp
3
Hardware
Netapp
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.

Nessus

  • NASL familyMisc.
    NASL idOPENSSH_OPIE.NASL
    descriptionWhen using OPIE for PAM and OpenSSH, it is possible for remote attackers to determine the existence of certain user accounts. Note that Nessus has not tried to exploit the issue, but rather only checked if OpenSSH is running on the remote host. As a result, it does not detect if the remote host actually has OPIE for PAM installed.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id17705
    published2011-11-18
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2011-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/17705
    titleOPIE w/ OpenSSH Account Enumeration
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(17705);
  script_version("1.5");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/15 20:50:23");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2007-2768");

  script_name(english:"OPIE w/ OpenSSH Account Enumeration");
  script_summary(english:"Checks if OpenSSH is installed");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis",
    value:"The remote host is susceptible to an information disclosure attack."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description",
    value:
"When using OPIE for PAM and OpenSSH, it is possible for remote
attackers to determine the existence of certain user accounts. 

Note that Nessus has not tried to exploit the issue, but rather only
checked if OpenSSH is running on the remote host.  As a result, it
does not detect if the remote host actually has OPIE for PAM
installed."
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Apr/634");
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution",
    value:
"A patch currently does not exist for this issue. As a workaround,
ensure that OPIE for PAM is not installed."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2007/04/21");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2011/11/18");

  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) 2011-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_detect.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Settings/PCI_DSS");
  script_require_ports("Services/ssh", 22);

  exit(0);
}

include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Settings/PCI_DSS")) exit(0, "PCI-DSS compliance checking is not enabled.");

# 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);

if ("openssh" >!< tolower(banner)) exit(0, "The SSH service on port "+port+" is not OpenSSH.");

match = eregmatch(string:tolower(banner), pattern:"openssh[-_]([0-9][-._0-9a-z]+)");
if (isnull(match)) exit(1, "Could not parse the version string in the banner from port "+port+".");
version = match[1];

if (report_verbosity > 0)
{
  report =
    '\n  Version source    : ' + banner +
    '\n  Installed version : ' + version +
    '\n';
  security_warning(port:port, extra:report);
}
else security_warning(port);
  • NASL familyMisc.
    NASL idSUNSSH_PLAINTEXT_RECOVERY.NASL
    descriptionThe 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 seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id55992
    published2011-08-29
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2011-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/55992
    titleSunSSH < 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+".");

Statements

contributorMark J Cox
lastmodified2007-05-23
organizationRed Hat
statementNot vulnerable. OPIE for PAM is not shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.

References