KB-5534: Impact of CVE-2015-5600 on Centrify-Openssh

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KB-5534: Impact of CVE-2015-5600 on Centrify-Openssh

Product:

Centrify DirectControl ,

Published:

12 April,16 at 11:48 AM

Rating:

Applies to: Centrify-Openssh 6.7p1-5.2.3 or below on all platforms.

Question:
Is Centrify-Openssh impacted by CVE-2015-5600 involving "MaxAuthTries" limit is bypassed and increased the efficiency of the brute-force attack? If so has this vulnerability been addressed?

Answer:
For information about CVE-2015-5600, please refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5600

https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132740/OpenSSH-Two-Minute-Cracking-Window.html

https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-15:16.openssh.asc
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5600

This is a Openssh bug that affects local users ONLY, Active Directory users are protected by the account lockout policy. AD users account will be locked after the number of invalid login attempts reaches the lockout threshold value.

In order to protect the local users, account lockout can also be implemented by the following methods:

Solaris:
https://blogs.oracle.com/gbrunett/entry/solaris_10_account_lockout_three
Linux: (Using pam_tally2)
http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/OS_Protection
http://websistent.com/linux-password-lockout-policy/
AIX:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1020193

OpenSSH 7.0 which addressed CVE-2015-5600 was released on August 12th,2015.

A new updated version of the Centrify compiled version of OpenSSH will be released in Centrify Suite 2016.

(All external links are provided as a courtesy)