CVE-2014-2653
medium
CVSS v3
6.5
VIR risk
6.5
Description
The verify_host_key function in sshconnect.c in the client in OpenSSH 6.6 and earlier allows remote servers to trigger the skipping of SSHFP DNS RR checking by presenting an unacceptable HostCertificate.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No vendor mitigations ingested yet for this CVE. The mitigation-content worker queues fetches as references arrive — check back in a few minutes, or see the references list below.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1:6.6p1-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:6.6p1-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1:6.6p1-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1:6.6p1-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1:6.6p1-1 |
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0166.html
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/openssh_advisory4.asc
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-June/134026.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/133537.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141576985122836&w=2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/26/7
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1552.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0425.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59855
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2894
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:068
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:095
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66459
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2164-1
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=742513
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-2653
CWEs
CWE-20
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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.