NetBSD Security Advisory 2008-005: OpenSSH Multiple issues

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Subject: NetBSD Security Advisory 2008-005: OpenSSH Multiple issues
From: NetBSD Security-Officer <security-officer%netbsd.org@localhost>
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:28:57 +0100
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                 NetBSD Security Advisory 2008-005
                 =================================

Topic:          OpenSSH Multiple issues

Version:        NetBSD-current:         affected
                NetBSD 4.0:             affected
                NetBSD 3.1.*:           affected
                NetBSD 3.1:             affected
                NetBSD 3.0:             affected
                NetBSD 3.0.*:           affected

Severity:       ForceCommand bypass and X11 session hijacking

Fixed:          NetBSD-current:         April 05, 2008
                NetBSD-4 branch:        April 07, 2008
                        (4.1 will include the fix)
                NetBSD-4-0 branch:      April 07, 2008
                        (4.0.1 will include the fix)
                NetBSD-3-1 branch:      April 08, 2008
                        (3.1.2 will include the fix)
                NetBSD-3-0 branch:      April 08, 2008
                        (3.0.4 will include the fix)
                NetBSD-3 branch:        April 08, 2008
                        (3.2 will include the fix)
                pkgsrc:                 openssh-4.7.1nb3 corrects the issue


Abstract
========

Two issues have been found with the version of OpenSSH that ships
with NetBSD 3.x, NetBSD 4.x and NetBSD-current.  The two known security 
issues include X11 session hijacking and a bypass of the ForceCommand 
directive.

These vulnerabilities have been assigned CVE-2008-1483 for the X11 session
hijacking and CVE-2008-1657 for the ForceCommand bypass.


Technical Details
=================

The ForceCommand sshd_config(5) directive can be bypassed by authenticated
users by utilising the processing of the ~/.ssh/rc file.  The ForceCommand 
directive was introduced in OpenSSH 4.4 as such only NetBSD-current and 
NetBSD-4 are impacted by this issue.

OpenSSH 4.9 introduced a no-user-rc option to the AuthorizedKeys file
for blocking the processing of user ~/.ssh/rc files.  This has been
introduced in all NetBSD branches and documented in the sshd(8) man page.

The second issue allows local users to hijack forwarded X11 sessions of
other users. 


Solutions and Workarounds
=========================

It is recommended that NetBSD users of vulnerable versions update
their binaries.

The following instructions describe how to upgrade your OpenSSH
binaries by updating your source tree and rebuilding and
installing a new version of OpenSSH.

* NetBSD-current:

        Systems running NetBSD-current dated from before 2008-04-05
        should be upgraded to NetBSD-current dated 2008-04-06 or later.

        The following files/directories need to be updated from the
        netbsd-current CVS branch (aka HEAD):
                crypto/dist/ssh/channels.c
                crypto/dist/ssh/auth-options.c
                crypto/dist/ssh/auth-options.h
                crypto/dist/ssh/session.c
                crypto/dist/ssh/sshd.8
                crypto/dist/ssh/sshd_config.5

        To update from CVS, re-build, and re-install ssh:

                # cd src
                # cvs update \
                        crypto/dist/ssh/channels.c \
                        crypto/dist/ssh/auth-options.c \
                        crypto/dist/ssh/auth-options.h \
                        crypto/dist/ssh/session.c \
                        crypto/dist/ssh/sshd.8 \
                        crypto/dist/ssh/sshd_config.5
                # cd ../../usr.bin/ssh
                # make USETOOLS=no cleandir dependall
                # make USETOOLS=no install

* NetBSD 4.*:

        Systems running NetBSD 4.* sources dated from before
        2008-04-07 should be upgraded from NetBSD 4.* sources dated
        2008-04-08 or later.

        The following files/directories need to be updated from the
        netbsd-4 or netbsd-4-0 branches:
                crypto/dist/ssh/channels.c
                crypto/dist/ssh/auth-options.c
                crypto/dist/ssh/auth-options.h
                crypto/dist/ssh/session.c
                crypto/dist/ssh/sshd.8
                crypto/dist/ssh/sshd_config.5

        To update from CVS, re-build, and re-install ssh:

                # cd src
                # cvs update -r <branch_name> \
                        crypto/dist/ssh/channels.c \
                        crypto/dist/ssh/auth-options.c \
                        crypto/dist/ssh/auth-options.h \
                        crypto/dist/ssh/session.c \
                        crypto/dist/ssh/sshd.8 \
                        crypto/dist/ssh/sshd_config.5
                # cd ../../usr.bin/ssh
                # make USETOOLS=no cleandir dependall
                # make USETOOLS=no install

* NetBSD 3.*:

        Systems running NetBSD 3.* sources dated from before
        2008-04-08 should be upgraded from NetBSD 3.* sources dated
        2008-04-09 or later.

        The following files/directories need to be updated from the
        netbsd-3, netbsd-3-0 or netbsd-3-1 branches:
                crypto/dist/ssh/channels.c
                crypto/dist/ssh/auth-options.c
                crypto/dist/ssh/auth-options.h
                crypto/dist/ssh/session.c
                crypto/dist/ssh/sshd.8
                crypto/dist/ssh/sshd_config.5

        To update from CVS, re-build, and re-install ssh:

                # cd src
                # cvs update -r <branch_name> \
                        crypto/dist/ssh/channels.c \
                        crypto/dist/ssh/auth-options.c \
                        crypto/dist/ssh/auth-options.h \
                        crypto/dist/ssh/session.c \
                        crypto/dist/ssh/sshd.8 \
                        crypto/dist/ssh/sshd_config.5
                # cd ../../usr.bin/ssh
                # make USETOOLS=no cleandir dependall
                # make USETOOLS=no install


Revision History
================

        2008-04-21      Initial release


More Information
================

Advisories may be updated as new information becomes available.
The most recent version of this advisory (PGP signed) can be found at 
  ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-005.txt.asc

Information about NetBSD and NetBSD security can be found at
http://www.NetBSD.org/ and http://www.NetBSD.org/Security/.


Copyright 2008, The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
Redistribution permitted only in full, unmodified form.

$NetBSD: NetBSD-SA2008-005.txt,v 1.1 2008/04/15 20:19:56 adrianp Exp $

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Subject: NetBSD Security Advisory 2008-005: OpenSSH Multiple issues
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                 NetBSD Security Advisory 2008-005
                 =================================

Topic:          OpenSSH Multiple issues

Version:        NetBSD-current:         affected
                NetBSD 4.0:             affected
                NetBSD 3.1.*:           affected
                NetBSD 3.1:             affected
                NetBSD 3.0:             affected
                NetBSD 3.0.*:           affected

Severity:       ForceCommand bypass and X11 session hijacking

Fixed:          NetBSD-current:         April 05, 2008
                NetBSD-4 branch:        April 07, 2008
                        (4.1 will include the fix)
                NetBSD-4-0 branch:      April 07, 2008
                        (4.0.1 will include the fix)
                NetBSD-3-1 branch:      April 08, 2008
                        (3.1.2 will include the fix)
                NetBSD-3-0 branch:      April 08, 2008
                        (3.0.4 will include the fix)
                NetBSD-3 branch:        April 08, 2008
                        (3.2 will include the fix)
                pkgsrc:                 openssh-4.7.1nb3 corrects the issue


Abstract
========

Two issues have been found with the version of OpenSSH that ships
with NetBSD 3.x, NetBSD 4.x and NetBSD-current.  The two known security 
issues include X11 session hijacking and a bypass of the ForceCommand 
directive.

These vulnerabilities have been assigned CVE-2008-1483 for the X11 session
hijacking and CVE-2008-1657 for the ForceCommand bypass.


Technical Details
=================

The ForceCommand sshd_config(5) directive can be bypassed by authenticated
users by utilising the processing of the ~/.ssh/rc file.  The ForceCommand 
directive was introduced in OpenSSH 4.4 as such only NetBSD-current and 
NetBSD-4 are impacted by this issue.

OpenSSH 4.9 introduced a no-user-rc option to the AuthorizedKeys file
for blocking the processing of user ~/.ssh/rc files.  This has been
introduced in all NetBSD branches and documented in the sshd(8) man page.

The second issue allows local users to hijack forwarded X11 sessions of
other users. 


Solutions and Workarounds
=========================

There are two possible workarounds currently known for the X11 session 
hijacking issue (CVE-2008-1483).  Administrators can choose to set either of
the two following options in sshd_config(5):

        X11Forwarding no
        AddressFamily inet

It is recommended that NetBSD users of vulnerable versions update
their binaries.

The following instructions describe how to upgrade your OpenSSH
binaries by updating your source tree and rebuilding and
installing a new version of OpenSSH.

* NetBSD-current:

        Systems running NetBSD-current dated from before 2008-04-05
        should be upgraded to NetBSD-current dated 2008-04-06 or later.

        The following files/directories need to be updated from the
        netbsd-current CVS branch (aka HEAD):
                crypto/dist/ssh/channels.c
                crypto/dist/ssh/auth-options.c
                crypto/dist/ssh/auth-options.h
                crypto/dist/ssh/session.c
                crypto/dist/ssh/sshd.8
                crypto/dist/ssh/sshd_config.5

        To update from CVS, re-build, and re-install ssh:

                # cd src
                # cvs update \
                        crypto/dist/ssh/channels.c \
                        crypto/dist/ssh/auth-options.c \
                        crypto/dist/ssh/auth-options.h \
                        crypto/dist/ssh/session.c \
                        crypto/dist/ssh/sshd.8 \
                        crypto/dist/ssh/sshd_config.5
                # cd ../../usr.bin/ssh
                # make USETOOLS=no cleandir dependall
                # make USETOOLS=no install

* NetBSD 4.*:

        Systems running NetBSD 4.* sources dated from before
        2008-04-07 should be upgraded from NetBSD 4.* sources dated
        2008-04-08 or later.

        The following files/directories need to be updated from the
        netbsd-4 or netbsd-4-0 branches:
                crypto/dist/ssh/channels.c
                crypto/dist/ssh/auth-options.c
                crypto/dist/ssh/auth-options.h
                crypto/dist/ssh/session.c
                crypto/dist/ssh/sshd.8
                crypto/dist/ssh/sshd_config.5

        To update from CVS, re-build, and re-install ssh:

                # cd src
                # cvs update -r <branch_name> \
                        crypto/dist/ssh/channels.c \
                        crypto/dist/ssh/auth-options.c \
                        crypto/dist/ssh/auth-options.h \
                        crypto/dist/ssh/session.c \
                        crypto/dist/ssh/sshd.8 \
                        crypto/dist/ssh/sshd_config.5
                # cd ../../usr.bin/ssh
                # make USETOOLS=no cleandir dependall
                # make USETOOLS=no install

* NetBSD 3.*:

        Systems running NetBSD 3.* sources dated from before
        2008-04-08 should be upgraded from NetBSD 3.* sources dated
        2008-04-09 or later.

        The following files/directories need to be updated from the
        netbsd-3, netbsd-3-0 or netbsd-3-1 branches:
                crypto/dist/ssh/channels.c
                crypto/dist/ssh/auth-options.c
                crypto/dist/ssh/auth-options.h
                crypto/dist/ssh/session.c
                crypto/dist/ssh/sshd.8
                crypto/dist/ssh/sshd_config.5

        To update from CVS, re-build, and re-install ssh:

                # cd src
                # cvs update -r <branch_name> \
                        crypto/dist/ssh/channels.c \
                        crypto/dist/ssh/auth-options.c \
                        crypto/dist/ssh/auth-options.h \
                        crypto/dist/ssh/session.c \
                        crypto/dist/ssh/sshd.8 \
                        crypto/dist/ssh/sshd_config.5
                # cd ../../usr.bin/ssh
                # make USETOOLS=no cleandir dependall
                # make USETOOLS=no install


Revision History
================

        2008-04-21      Initial release


More Information
================

Advisories may be updated as new information becomes available.
The most recent version of this advisory (PGP signed) can be found at 
  ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-005.txt.asc

Information about NetBSD and NetBSD security can be found at
http://www.NetBSD.org/ and http://www.NetBSD.org/Security/.


Copyright 2008, The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
Redistribution permitted only in full, unmodified form.

$NetBSD: NetBSD-SA2008-005.txt,v 1.2 2008/04/21 19:06:14 adrianp Exp $

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