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USN34-1 : openssh information leakage

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
openssh information leakage

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

These remote packages are missing security patches :
- openssh-client
- openssh-server
- ssh
- ssh-askpass-gnome

Description :

@Mediaservice.net discovered two information leaks in the OpenSSH
server. When using password authentication, a possible hacker could
test whether a login name exists by measuring the time between
failed login attempts, i. e. the time after which the "password:"
prompt appears again.

A similar issue affects systems which do not permit root logins over
ssh ("PermitRootLogin no"). By measuring the time between login
attempts a possible hacker could check whether a given root password is
correct. This permited determining weak root passwords using a brute
force attack.

Solution :

Upgrade to :
- openssh-client-3.8.1p1-11ubuntu3.1 (Ubuntu 4.10)
- openssh-server-3.8.1p1-11ubuntu3.1 (Ubuntu 4.10)
- ssh-3.8.1p1-11ubuntu3.1 (Ubuntu 4.10)
- ssh-askpass-gnome-3.8.1p1-11ubuntu3.1 (Ubuntu 4.10)

Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2005 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2005 Michel Arboi

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