OpenSSH Authentication Execution Path Timing Information Leakage Weakness

BID:7343

Info

OpenSSH Authentication Execution Path Timing Information Leakage Weakness

Bugtraq ID: 7343
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Apr 15 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 15 2002 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery of this issue is credited to Sebastian Krahmer.
Vulnerable: OpenSSH OpenSSH 3.0.2
- Debian Linux 3.0
+ FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.5 -STABLEpre2002-03-07
+ FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.5 -RELEASE
+ OpenPKG OpenPKG 1.0
+ Openwall Openwall GNU/*/Linux 0.1 -stable
+ SuSE Linux 8.0
OpenSSH OpenSSH 3.0.1 p1
OpenSSH OpenSSH 3.0.1
OpenSSH OpenSSH 3.0 p1
OpenSSH OpenSSH 3.0
OpenSSH OpenSSH 2.9.9
+ NetBSD NetBSD 1.5.2
+ SuSE Linux 7.3 sparc
+ SuSE Linux 7.3 ppc
+ SuSE Linux 7.3 i386
+ SuSE Linux 7.2
OpenSSH OpenSSH 2.9 p2
+ Caldera OpenLinux Server 3.1.1
+ Caldera OpenLinux Server 3.1
+ Caldera OpenLinux Workstation 3.1.1
+ Caldera OpenLinux Workstation 3.1
+ FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.4 -RELENG
+ HP Secure OS software for Linux 1.0
+ Immunix Immunix OS 7.0
+ MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 1.0.1
+ MandrakeSoft Single Network Firewall 7.2
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0 ppc
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.2
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.1
+ Redhat Linux 7.2
+ Redhat Linux 7.1
+ Redhat Linux 7.0
+ Sun Cobalt RaQ 550
- SuSE Linux 7.3 sparc
- SuSE Linux 7.3 ppc
- SuSE Linux 7.3 i386
- SuSE Linux 7.2 i386
- SuSE Linux 7.1 x86
- SuSE Linux 7.1 sparc
- SuSE Linux 7.1 ppc
- SuSE Linux 7.1 alpha
OpenSSH OpenSSH 2.9 p1
- IBM AIX 4.3.3
- IBM AIX 4.3.2
- IBM AIX 4.3.1
- IBM AIX 4.3
OpenSSH OpenSSH 2.9
+ FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.6 -RELEASE
+ FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.6
+ FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.5 -RELEASE
+ FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.5
OpenSSH OpenSSH 2.5.2
- Caldera OpenUnix 8.0
- Caldera UnixWare 7.1.1
- Wirex Immunix OS 6.2
OpenSSH OpenSSH 2.5.1
+ NetBSD NetBSD 1.5.1
+ S.u.S.E. Linux Database Server 0
+ S.u.S.E. Linux Firewall on CD
+ S.u.S.E. SuSE eMail Server III
- SCO Open Server 5.0.6 a
- SCO Open Server 5.0.6
- SCO Open Server 5.0.5
- SCO Open Server 5.0.4
- SCO Open Server 5.0.3
- SCO Open Server 5.0.2
- SCO Open Server 5.0.1
- SCO Open Server 5.0
+ SuSE Linux 7.3
+ SuSE Linux 7.2
+ SuSE Linux 7.1
+ SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 7
OpenSSH OpenSSH 2.5
OpenSSH OpenSSH 2.3
- SuSE Linux 7.0 sparc
- SuSE Linux 7.0 ppc
- SuSE Linux 7.0 i386
- SuSE Linux 7.0 alpha
- SuSE Linux 6.4 ppc
- SuSE Linux 6.4 i386
- SuSE Linux 6.4 alpha
OpenSSH OpenSSH 2.2
+ NetBSD NetBSD 1.5
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

OpenSSH Authentication Execution Path Timing Information Leakage Weakness

A timing attack has been described in OpenSSH that could allow a remote user to determine if a username is valid. This information can be ascertained through analysis of the response time during authentication.

It is currently not known whether this issue has been addressed in recent versions of OpenSSH. It is possible that other SSH implementations may also be affected, though this has not been confirmed.

Exploit / POC

OpenSSH Authentication Execution Path Timing Information Leakage Weakness

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

Solution / Fix

OpenSSH Authentication Execution Path Timing Information Leakage Weakness

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

References

OpenSSH Authentication Execution Path Timing Information Leakage Weakness

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