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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2003-0693

Original release date:09/22/2003

Last revised:09/10/2008

Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

A "buffer management error" in buffer_append_space of buffer.c for OpenSSH before 3.7 may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by causing an incorrect amount of memory to be freed and corrupting the heap, a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-0695.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS v2 Base Score:10.0 (HIGH) (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (legend)

Impact Subscore: 10.0

Exploitability Subscore: 10.0

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Access Vector: Network exploitable

Access Complexity: Low

Authentication: Not required to exploit

Impact Type:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service

Vendor Statments (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (06/01/2007): Not vulnerable. This flaw is fixed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 via the errata RHSA-2003:280. This flaw is fixed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 as a backported patch. The source RPM contains the patch openssh-3.6.1p2-owl-realloc.diff which resolved this flaw before Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 GA. This flaw does not affect any subsequent versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#333628

Name: VU#333628

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/333628

CERT/CC Advisory: CA-2003-24

Name: CA-2003-24

Hyperlink:http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-24.html

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20030916 OpenSSH Buffer Management Bug Advisory

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=106373247528528&w=2

External Source: XF