Gentoo: GLSA-200711-02: OpenSSH: Security bypass
A flaw has been discovered in OpenSSH which could allow a local attacker to bypass security restrictions.
Summary
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200711-02
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: Low
Title: OpenSSH: Security bypass
Date: November 01, 2007
Bugs: #191321
ID: 200711-02
Synopsis
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A flaw has been discovered in OpenSSH which could allow a local
attacker to bypass security restrictions.
Background
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OpenSSH is a complete SSH protocol implementation that includes an SFTP
client and server support.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-misc/openssh < 4.7 >= 4.7
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Jan Pechanec discovered that OpenSSH uses a trusted X11 cookie when it
cannot create an untrusted one.
Impact
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An attacker could bypass the SSH client security policy and gain
privileges by causing an X client to be treated as trusted.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All OpenSSH users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/openssh-4.7"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2007-4752
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4752
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200711-02
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org/.
License
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Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/
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