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authorLeo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>2016-10-18 23:37:25 -0400
committerLeo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>2016-10-19 18:02:39 -0400
commitc645cef7da813ca305a9adeab08f34e925e560cc (patch)
tree39dc1aac2cb8e869fb2320cc84f358b33d6dde9d /gnu
parent3ad7dce1d97676d9ec948fb46ccd8c53f307d04d (diff)
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gnu: openssh: Fix CVE-2016-8858.
* gnu/packages/patches/openssh-memory-exhaustion.patch: New file. * gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Add it. * gnu/packages/ssh.scm (openssh)[source]: Use it.
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu')
-rw-r--r--gnu/local.mk1
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/patches/openssh-memory-exhaustion.patch39
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/ssh.scm1
3 files changed, 41 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 18ba0c2596..76fd64d666 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -734,6 +734,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA = \
%D%/packages/patches/openjpeg-CVE-2016-5157.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/openjpeg-CVE-2016-7163.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/openjpeg-use-after-free-fix.patch \
+ %D%/packages/patches/openssh-memory-exhaustion.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/openssl-runpath.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/openssl-1.1.0-c-rehash-in.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/openssl-c-rehash-in.patch \
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/openssh-memory-exhaustion.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/openssh-memory-exhaustion.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..91fe294ca4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/openssh-memory-exhaustion.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+Fix a memory exhaustion bug in the key exchange, whereby an unauthenticated user
+could potentially consume 38400 MB of memory on the server:
+
+http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/185
+
+Patch adapted from upstream source repository:
+
+https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/commit/ec165c392ca54317dbe3064a8c200de6531e89ad
+
+From ec165c392ca54317dbe3064a8c200de6531e89ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: "markus@openbsd.org" <markus@openbsd.org>
+Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2016 19:28:48 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] upstream commit
+
+Unregister the KEXINIT handler after message has been
+received. Otherwise an unauthenticated peer can repeat the KEXINIT and cause
+allocation of up to 128MB -- until the connection is closed. Reported by
+shilei-c at 360.cn
+
+Upstream-ID: 43649ae12a27ef94290db16d1a98294588b75c05
+---
+ kex.c | 3 ++-
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/kex.c b/kex.c
+index 3f97f8c..6a94bc5 100644
+--- a/kex.c
++++ b/kex.c
+@@ -481,6 +481,7 @@ kex_input_kexinit(int type, u_int32_t seq, void *ctxt)
+ if (kex == NULL)
+ return SSH_ERR_INVALID_ARGUMENT;
+
++ ssh_dispatch_set(ssh, SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT, NULL);
+ ptr = sshpkt_ptr(ssh, &dlen);
+ if ((r = sshbuf_put(kex->peer, ptr, dlen)) != 0)
+ return r;
+--
+2.10.1
+
diff --git a/gnu/packages/ssh.scm b/gnu/packages/ssh.scm
index 9fd1506dbd..af5aae1029 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/ssh.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/ssh.scm
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ a server that supports the SSH-2 protocol.")
tail)
(string-append "http://ftp2.fr.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/OpenSSH/portable/"
tail))))
+ (patches (search-patches "openssh-memory-exhaustion.patch"))
(sha256 (base32
"1k5y1wi29d47cgizbryxrhc1fbjsba2x8l5mqfa9b9nadnd9iyrz"))))
(build-system gnu-build-system)