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CVE-2023-38408 Detail

Description

The PKCS#11 feature in ssh-agent in OpenSSH before 9.3p2 has an insufficiently trustworthy search path, leading to remote code execution if an agent is forwarded to an attacker-controlled system. (Code in /usr/lib is not necessarily safe for loading into ssh-agent.) NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-10009.


Metrics

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/173661/OpenSSH-Forwarded-SSH-Agent-Remote-Code-Execution.html CVE, MITRE Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/20/1 CVE, MITRE Exploit  Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/20/2 CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/22/11 CVE, MITRE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/22/9 CVE, MITRE
https://blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilities-threat-research/2023/07/19/cve-2023-38408-remote-code-execution-in-opensshs-forwarded-ssh-agent CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/openbsd/src/commit/7bc29a9d5cd697290aa056e94ecee6253d3425f8 CVE, MITRE Patch 
https://github.com/openbsd/src/commit/f03a4faa55c4ce0818324701dadbf91988d7351d CVE, MITRE Patch 
https://github.com/openbsd/src/commit/f8f5a6b003981bb824329dc987d101977beda7ca CVE, MITRE Patch 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00021.html CVE, MITRE
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CEBTJJINE2I3FHAUKKNQWMFGYMLSMWKQ/ CVE, MITRE
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RAXVQS6ZYTULFAK3TEJHRLKZALJS3AOU/ CVE, MITRE
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36790196 CVE, MITRE Issue Tracking  Patch 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202307-01 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230803-0010/ CVE, MITRE
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213940 CVE, MITRE
https://www.openssh.com/security.html CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-9.3p2 CVE, MITRE Release Notes 
https://www.qualys.com/2023/07/19/cve-2023-38408/rce-openssh-forwarded-ssh-agent.txt CVE, MITRE Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/exploring-opensshs-agent-forwarding-rce-cve-2023-38408 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-428 Unquoted Search Path or Element cwe source acceptance level NIST   CISA-ADP  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2023-38408
NVD Published Date:
07/19/2023
NVD Last Modified:
11/21/2024
Source:
MITRE