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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6565-1

Ubuntu Security Notice 6565-1 - It was discovered that OpenSSH incorrectly handled supplemental groups when running helper programs for AuthorizedKeysCommand and AuthorizedPrincipalsCommand as a different user. An attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. It was discovered that OpenSSH incorrectly added destination constraints when PKCS#11 token keys were added to ssh-agent, contrary to expectations. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 23.04.

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6565-1
January 03, 2024

openssh vulnerabilities

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

  • Ubuntu 23.10
  • Ubuntu 23.04
  • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in OpenSSH.

Software Description:

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

Details:

It was discovered that OpenSSH incorrectly handled supplemental groups when
running helper programs for AuthorizedKeysCommand and
AuthorizedPrincipalsCommand as a different user. An attacker could possibly
use this issue to escalate privileges. This issue only affected Ubuntu
20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-41617)

It was discovered that OpenSSH incorrectly added destination constraints
when PKCS#11 token keys were added to ssh-agent, contrary to expectations.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 23.04.
(CVE-2023-51384)

It was discovered that OpenSSH incorrectly handled user names or host names
with shell metacharacters. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
perform OS command injection. (CVE-2023-51385)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 23.10:
openssh-client 1:9.3p1-1ubuntu3.2
openssh-server 1:9.3p1-1ubuntu3.2

Ubuntu 23.04:
openssh-client 1:9.0p1-1ubuntu8.7
openssh-server 1:9.0p1-1ubuntu8.7

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
openssh-client 1:8.9p1-3ubuntu0.6
openssh-server 1:8.9p1-3ubuntu0.6

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
openssh-client 1:8.2p1-4ubuntu0.11
openssh-server 1:8.2p1-4ubuntu0.11

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

References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6565-1
CVE-2021-41617, CVE-2023-51384, CVE-2023-51385

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssh/1:9.3p1-1ubuntu3.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssh/1:9.0p1-1ubuntu8.7
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssh/1:8.9p1-3ubuntu0.6
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssh/1:8.2p1-4ubuntu0.11

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