USN-2869-1: OpenSSH vulnerabilities

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2869-1

14th January, 2016

openssh vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:

  • Ubuntu 15.10
  • Ubuntu 15.04
  • Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary

OpenSSH could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.

Software description

  • openssh
    – secure shell (SSH) for secure access to remote machines

Details

It was discovered that the OpenSSH client experimental support for resuming
connections contained multiple security issues. A malicious server could
use this issue to leak client memory to the server, including private
client user keys.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:

Ubuntu 15.10:
openssh-client

1:6.9p1-2ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 15.04:
openssh-client

1:6.7p1-5ubuntu1.4
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
openssh-client

1:6.6p1-2ubuntu2.4
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
openssh-client

1:5.9p1-5ubuntu1.8

To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2016-0777,

CVE-2016-0778

CVE-2015-3946

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Advantech WebAccess before 8.1 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of unspecified victims via unknown vectors.

CVE-2015-3947

SQL injection vulnerability in Advantech WebAccess before 8.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via unspecified vectors.

CVE-2015-3948

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Advantech WebAccess before 8.1 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

CVE-2015-5007

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in IBM WebSphere Commerce 6.0 through 6.0.0.11, 7.0 through 7.0.0.9, and 7.0 Feature Pack 8 allows remote authenticated users to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that insert XSS sequences.

CVE-2015-6314

Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) devices with software 7.6.x, 8.0 before 8.0.121.0, and 8.1 before 8.1.131.0 allow remote attackers to change configuration settings via unspecified vectors, aka Bug ID CSCuw06153.

CVE-2015-6320

The IP ingress packet handler on Cisco Aironet 1800 devices with software 8.1(112.3) and 8.1(112.4) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted header in an IP packet, aka Bug ID CSCuv63138.

CVE-2015-6323

The Admin portal in Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) 1.1.x, 1.2.0 before patch 17, 1.2.1 before patch 8, 1.3 before patch 5, and 1.4 before patch 4 allows remote attackers to obtain administrative access via unspecified vectors, aka Bug ID CSCuw34253.