Information Exposure Affecting openssh package, versions <8.4_p1-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.56% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE313-OPENSSH-1068065
  • published16 Dec 2020
  • disclosed29 Jun 2020

Introduced: 29 Jun 2020

CVE-2020-14145  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.13 openssh to version 8.4_p1-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openssh package and not the openssh package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.13 relevant fixed versions and status.

The client side in OpenSSH 5.7 through 8.4 has an Observable Discrepancy leading to an information leak in the algorithm negotiation. This allows man-in-the-middle attackers to target initial connection attempts (where no host key for the server has been cached by the client). NOTE: some reports state that 8.5 and 8.6 are also affected.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1