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From: Aaron Bauman <bman@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201911-01 ] OpenSSH: Integer overflow
Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2019 19:12:43
Message-Id: 20191107190310.GA35641@bubba.lan
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201911-01
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: OpenSSH: Integer overflow
9 Date: November 07, 2019
10 Bugs: #697046
11 ID: 201911-01
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15 Synopsis
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18 An integer overflow in OpenSSH might allow an attacker to execute
19 arbitrary code.
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21 Background
22 ==========
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24 OpenSSH is a complete SSH protocol implementation that includes SFTP
25 client and server support.
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27 Affected packages
28 =================
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 net-misc/openssh >= 8.0_p1-r2 >= 8.0_p1-r4
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35 Description
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38 OpenSSH, when built with "xmss" USE flag enabled, has a
39 pre-authentication integer overflow if a client or server is configured
40 to use a crafted XMSS key.
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42 NOTE: This USE flag is disabled by default!
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44 Impact
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47 A remote attacker could connect to a vulnerable OpenSSH server using a
48 special crafted XMSS key possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary
49 code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service
50 condition.
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52 Workaround
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55 Disable XMSS key type.
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57 Resolution
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60 All OpenSSH users should upgrade to the latest version:
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62 # emerge --sync
63 # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=net-misc/openssh/openssh-8.0_p1-r4"
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65 References
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68 [ 1 ] CVE-2019-16905
69 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16905
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71 Availability
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74 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
75 the Gentoo Security Website:
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77 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201911-01
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79 Concerns?
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82 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
83 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
84 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
85 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
86 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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88 License
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91 Copyright 2019 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
92 belongs to its owner(s).
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94 The contents of this document are licensed under the
95 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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97 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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