Bug 2255850 (CVE-2023-51767) - CVE-2023-51767 openssh: authentication bypass via row hammer attack
Summary: CVE-2023-51767 openssh: authentication bypass via row hammer attack
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2023-51767
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Product Security
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Depends On: 2255851
Blocks: 2255855
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2023-12-25 19:41 UTC by ybuenos
Modified: 2025-06-03 14:15 UTC (History)
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Description ybuenos 2023-12-25 19:41:07 UTC
OpenSSH through 9.6, when common types of DRAM are used, might allow row hammer attacks (for authentication bypass) because the integer value of authenticated in mm_answer_authpassword does not resist flips of a single bit. NOTE: this is applicable to a certain threat model of attacker-victim co-location in which the attacker has user privileges.

https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.02545
https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/blob/8241b9c0529228b4b86d88b1a6076fb9f97e4a99/auth-passwd.c#L77
https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/blob/8241b9c0529228b4b86d88b1a6076fb9f97e4a99/monitor.c#L878

Comment 1 ybuenos 2023-12-25 19:41:22 UTC
Created openssh tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2255851]

Comment 5 Damien Miller 2024-01-16 07:32:33 UTC
FYI https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3656


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