OpenSSH memory corruption issue (CVE-2014-1692) in RSA Authentication Manager - False Positive
2 years ago
Originally Published: 2016-03-02
Article Number
000056662
Applies To
RSA Authentication Manager 8.1 SP1 Patch 11
CVE Identifier(s)
CVE-2014-1692
Article Summary

CVE-2014-1692

The hash_buffer function in schnorr.c in OpenSSH through 6.4, when Makefile.inc is modified to enable the J-PAKE protocol, does not initialize certain data structures, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or have unspecified other impact via vectors that trigger an error condition.

CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.5 HIGH
Link to Advisories
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1692.html
Alert Impact
Not Applicable
Alert Impact Explanation
Response: The flaw does not exist.

The SUSE version of SSH is not impacted.
Notes
Note from the SUSE Security Team:
We do not enable JPAKE support in our openSSH releases, so SUSE Linux Enterprise and openSUSE are not affected by this problem.
Disclaimer
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