CVE-2023-38408

Publication date 19 July 2023

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

The PKCS#11 feature in ssh-agent in OpenSSH before 9.3p2 has an insufficiently trustworthy search path, leading to remote code execution if an agent is forwarded to an attacker-controlled system. (Code in /usr/lib is not necessarily safe for loading into ssh-agent.) NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-10009.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
openssh 24.10 oracular
Fixed 1:9.3p1-1ubuntu2
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 1:9.3p1-1ubuntu2
23.10 mantic
Fixed 1:9.3p1-1ubuntu2
23.04 lunar
Fixed 1:9.0p1-1ubuntu8.4
22.10 kinetic Ignored end of life
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 1:8.9p1-3ubuntu0.3
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1:8.2p1-4ubuntu0.8
18.04 LTS bionic
16.04 LTS xenial
14.04 LTS trusty
openssh-ssh1 24.10 oracular
Needs evaluation
24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
23.10 mantic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
23.04 lunar Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.10 kinetic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.04 LTS jammy
Needs evaluation
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

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Notes

seth-arnold

openssh-ssh1 is provided for compatibility with old devices that cannot be upgraded to modern protocols. Thus we may not provide security support for this package if doing so would prevent access to equipment.

Patch details

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Package Patch details
openssh

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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