Information Exposure Affecting openssh-askpass package, versions <0:4.3p2-36.el5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
18.55% (98th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE5-OPENSSHASKPASS-2450008
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed19 Nov 2008

Introduced: 19 Nov 2008

CVE-2008-5161  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:5 openssh-askpass to version 0:4.3p2-36.el5 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2009-1287.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openssh-askpass package and not the openssh-askpass package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:5 relevant fixed versions and status.

Error handling in the SSH protocol in (1) SSH Tectia Client and Server and Connector 4.0 through 4.4.11, 5.0 through 5.2.4, and 5.3 through 5.3.8; Client and Server and ConnectSecure 6.0 through 6.0.4; Server for Linux on IBM System z 6.0.4; Server for IBM z/OS 5.5.1 and earlier, 6.0.0, and 6.0.1; and Client 4.0-J through 4.3.3-J and 4.0-K through 4.3.10-K; and (2) OpenSSH 4.7p1 and possibly other versions, when using a block cipher algorithm in Cipher Block Chaining (CBC) mode, makes it easier for remote attackers to recover certain plaintext data from an arbitrary block of ciphertext in an SSH session via unknown vectors.

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