Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 23:18:23 +0200
From: Markus Friedl <markus@openbsd.org.>
To: [email protected], [email protected],
Subject: OpenSSH Security Advisory (adv.option)
Cc: [email protected]
Weakness in OpenSSH's source IP based access control
for SSH protocol v2 public key authentication.
1. Systems affected:
Versions of OpenSSH between 2.5.x and 2.9.x using
the 'from=' key file option in combination with
both RSA and DSA keys in ~/.ssh/authorized_keys2.
2. Description:
Depending on the order of the user keys in
~/.ssh/authorized_keys2 sshd might fail to apply the
source IP based access control restriction (e.g.
from="10.0.0.1") to the correct key:
If a source IP restricted key (e.g. DSA key) is
immediately followed by a key of a different type
(e.g. RSA key), then key options for the second key
are applied to both keys, which includes 'from='.
3. Impact:
Users can circumvent the system policy
and login from disallowed source IP addresses.
4. Solution:
Apply the following patch.
This bug is fixed in OpenSSH 2.9.9
5. Credits:
None.
Appendix:
Index: key.c
RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/ssh/key.c,v
retrieving revision 1.31
retrieving revision 1.32
diff -u -p -IRCSID -r1.31 -r1.32
--- key.c 2001/09/17 20:50:22 1.31+ key.c 2001/09/19 13:23:29 1.32
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ write_bignum(FILE *f, BIGNUM *num)
return 1;
}
-/* returns 1 ok, -1 error, 0 type mismatch */
+/* returns 1 ok, -1 error */
int
key_read(Key *ret, char **cpp)
{
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ key_read(Key *ret, char **cpp)
} else if (ret->type != type) {
/* is a key, but different type */
debug3("key_read: type mismatch");
- return 0;
+ return -1;
}
len = 2*strlen(cp);
blob = xmalloc(len);
