This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.
1) Improper handling of exceptional conditions
EUVDB-ID: #VU68362
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1:
CVE-ID: CVE-2008-5161
CWE-ID: CWE-755 - Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions
Exploit availability: No
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Error handling in the SSH protocol in (1) SSH Tectia Client and Server and Connector 4.0 through 4.4.11, 5.0 through 5.2.4, and 5.3 through 5.3.8; Client and Server and ConnectSecure 6.0 through 6.0.4; Server for Linux on IBM System z 6.0.4; Server for IBM z/OS 5.5.1 and earlier, 6.0.0, and 6.0.1; and Client 4.0-J through 4.3.3-J and 4.0-K through 4.3.10-K; and (2) OpenSSH 4.7p1 and possibly other versions, when using a block cipher algorithm in Cipher Block Chaining (CBC) mode, makes it easier for remote attackers to recover certain plaintext data from an arbitrary block of ciphertext in an SSH session via unknown vectors.
Mitigation
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
Vulnerable software versions
ProCurve 6120XG: All versions
ProCurve 6120XG Blade Switch for Integrity Servers: All versions
CPE2.3
External links
http://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docLocale=en_US&docId=hpesbnw04204en_us
Q & A
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