OSVDB ID: 19141

Title: OpenSSH GSSAPIAuthentication Credential Escalation

Info

Disclosure

Sep 01, 2005

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Unknown

Solution

Unknown

Description

OpenSSH contains a flaw that may allow a remote user to gain elevated privileges. The issue occurs when GSSAPIDelegateCredentials is enabled and may delegate GSSAPI credentials to arbitrary users that authenticate using non-GSSAPI methods.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Authentication Management
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 4.2p1 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

OpenSSH

OpenSSH Portable

4.1p1

References

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete



Direct URL: http://osvdb.org/36218