Information disclosure in libssh - CVE-2016-0739
Published: April 13, 2016 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32329
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-0739
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
libssh
libssh
Software vendor:
libssh
libssh
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
libssh before 0.7.3 improperly truncates ephemeral secrets generated for the (1) diffie-hellman-group1 and (2) diffie-hellman-group14 key exchange methods to 128 bits, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to decrypt or intercept SSH sessions via unspecified vectors, aka a "bits/bytes confusion bug."
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
External links
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178058.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178822.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00111.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0566.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3488
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2912-1
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0739
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-12
- https://www.libssh.org/2016/02/23/libssh-0-7-3-security-and-bugfix-release/
- https://www.libssh.org/security/advisories/CVE-2016-0739.txt