#VU6126 Padding oracle in OpenSSH
Published: March 20, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU6126
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-310
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
OpenSSH
OpenSSH
Software vendor:
OpenSSH
OpenSSH
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to incomplete fix of CBC padding oracle countermeasures, allowing a variant of the attack fixed in OpenSSH 7.3 (SB2016080201 #3). A remote attacker can force the ssh client to use weak CBC ciphers and decrypt ssh session.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
Remediation
Update to version 7.5.