USN-7108-2: AsyncSSH vulnerabilities

Publication date

12 December 2024

Overview

Several issues were fixed in AsyncSSH.

Releases


Packages

  • python-asyncssh - asyncio-based client and server implementation of SSHv2 protocol

Details

USN-7108-1 fixed vulnerabilities in AysncSSH. This update provides the
corresponding update for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

Fabian Bäumer, Marcus Brinkmann, and Jörg Schwenk discovered that AsyncSSH
did not properly handle the extension info message. An attacker able to
intercept communications could possibly use this issue to downgrade
the algorithm used for client authentication. (CVE-2023-46445)

Fabian Bäumer, Marcus Brinkmann, and Jörg Schwenk discovered that AsyncSSH
did not properly handle the user authentication request message. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to control the remote end of an SSH
client session via packet injection/removal and shell emulation.
(CVE-2023-46446)

USN-7108-1 fixed vulnerabilities in AysncSSH. This update provides the
corresponding update for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

Fabian Bäumer, Marcus Brinkmann, and Jörg Schwenk discovered that AsyncSSH
did not properly handle the extension info message. An attacker able to
intercept communications could possibly use this issue to downgrade
the algorithm used for client authentication. (CVE-2023-46445)

Fabian Bäumer, Marcus Brinkmann, and Jörg Schwenk discovered that AsyncSSH
did not properly handle the user authentication request message. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to control the remote end of an SSH
client session via packet injection/removal and shell emulation.
(CVE-2023-46446)

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
18.04 bionic python3-asyncssh –  1.11.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm2  

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