Security update for openssh

Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2023:2946-1
Rating:	important
References:	bsc#1213504
Cross-References:	CVE-2023-38408
CVSS scores:	CVE-2023-38408 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2023-38408 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:	SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for openssh fixes the following issue:

• CVE-2023-38408: Fixed a condition where specific libaries loaded via ssh-agent(1)'s PKCS#11 support could be abused to achieve remote code execution via a forwarded agent socket if those libraries were present on the victim's system and if the agent was forwarded to an attacker-controlled system. [bsc#1213504, CVE-2023-38408]

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

• SUSE Enterprise Storage 7
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-7-2023-2946=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP2-LTSS-2023-2946=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP2-LTSS-2023-2946=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP2-2023-2946=1

Package List:

• SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 (aarch64 x86_64)
  • openssh-8.1p1-150200.5.37.1
  • openssh-debugsource-8.1p1-150200.5.37.1
  • openssh-fips-8.1p1-150200.5.37.1
  • openssh-helpers-8.1p1-150200.5.37.1
  • openssh-debuginfo-8.1p1-150200.5.37.1
  • openssh-helpers-debuginfo-8.1p1-150200.5.37.1
  • openssh-askpass-gnome-8.1p1-150200.5.37.1
  • openssh-askpass-gnome-debuginfo-8.1p1-150200.5.37.1
  • openssh-askpass-gnome-debugsource-8.1p1-150200.5.37.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2 (aarch64 x86_64)
  • openssh-8.1p1-150200.5.37.1
  • openssh-debugsource-8.1p1-150200.5.37.1
  • openssh-fips-8.1p1-150200.5.37.1
  • openssh-helpers-8.1p1-150200.5.37.1
  • openssh-debuginfo-8.1p1-150200.5.37.1
  • openssh-helpers-debuginfo-8.1p1-150200.5.37.1
  • openssh-askpass-gnome-8.1p1-150200.5.37.1
  • openssh-askpass-gnome-debuginfo-8.1p1-150200.5.37.1
  • openssh-askpass-gnome-debugsource-8.1p1-150200.5.37.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • openssh-8.1p1-150200.5.37.1
  • openssh-debugsource-8.1p1-150200.5.37.1
  • openssh-fips-8.1p1-150200.5.37.1
  • openssh-helpers-8.1p1-150200.5.37.1
  • openssh-debuginfo-8.1p1-150200.5.37.1
  • openssh-helpers-debuginfo-8.1p1-150200.5.37.1
  • openssh-askpass-gnome-8.1p1-150200.5.37.1
  • openssh-askpass-gnome-debuginfo-8.1p1-150200.5.37.1
  • openssh-askpass-gnome-debugsource-8.1p1-150200.5.37.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 (ppc64le x86_64)
  • openssh-8.1p1-150200.5.37.1
  • openssh-debugsource-8.1p1-150200.5.37.1
  • openssh-fips-8.1p1-150200.5.37.1
  • openssh-helpers-8.1p1-150200.5.37.1
  • openssh-debuginfo-8.1p1-150200.5.37.1
  • openssh-helpers-debuginfo-8.1p1-150200.5.37.1
  • openssh-askpass-gnome-8.1p1-150200.5.37.1
  • openssh-askpass-gnome-debuginfo-8.1p1-150200.5.37.1
  • openssh-askpass-gnome-debugsource-8.1p1-150200.5.37.1

References:

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38408.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213504