All lsh versions prior to lsh-1.4.3, as well as lsh-1.5, lsh-1.5.1 and
lsh-1.5.2, have a *buffer overrun* bug. This bug can lead to remote
root compromise of the lshd daemon, and it can most likely also let a
malicious server execute arbitrary code in the lsh client.

And the affected code is run before either host or user autentication.

The stable release lsh-1.4.3 and the development release lsh-1.5.3
both fix this bug, and two other bugs of similar character (but
different consequences) which were found when greping the code for
similar mistakes.

All users of lsh and lshd should upgrade, and in case you can't
upgrade lshd immediately, you are *strongly* advised to disable lshd
service.

Credit is due to Bennett Todd, who reported a crash which turned out
to be a buffer overrun. Example exploit programs have been posted to
the full-disclosure mailinglist.

NEWS for lsh-1.4.3:

Fixed heap buffer overrun with potential remote root
compromise. Initial bug report by Bennett Todd.

Fixed a similar bug in the check for channel number allocation
failure in the handling of channel_open, and in the
experimental client SRP code.

Backported lshd setsid fix from lsh-1.5. Should call setsid
both in the pty and non-pty cases.

Updated the code to compile with automake-1.7.3 and
scsh-0.6.0.

The NEWS entry for lsh-1.5.3 is similar, but since it belongs to the
development branch, it also contains some new experimental code,

News for the 1.5.3 release

Fixed heap buffer overrun with potential remote root
compromise. Initial bug report by Bennett Todd.

Fixed a similar bug in the check for channel number allocation
failure in the handling of channel_open, and in the
experimental client SRP code.

lshd now has an experimental mode similar to telnet, where it
accepts the 'none' authentication method and automatically
disables services such as X and TCP forwarding. This can be
useful in environment where it's required that /bin/login or
some other program handle authentication and session setup
(e.g. handle security contexts and so on).

If you need a bug-fix-only update, you are advised to either stay with
lsh-1.4.3, or apply the relevant three lines of the 1.4.3 patch,
included below, to your 1.5.2 tree.

The releases can be downloaded from

<http://www.lysator.liu.se/~nisse/archive/lsh-1.4.3.tar.gz>
<http://www.lysator.liu.se/~nisse/archive/lsh-1.4.2-1.4.3.diff.gz>
<http://www.lysator.liu.se/~nisse/archive/lsh-1.5.3.tar.gz>

<ftp://ftp.lysator.liu.se/pub/security/lsh/lsh-1.4.3.tar.gz>
<ftp://ftp.lysator.liu.se/pub/security/lsh/lsh-1.4.2-1.4.3.diff.gz>
<ftp://ftp.lysator.liu.se/pub/security/lsh/lsh-1.5.3.tar.gz>

Regards,
/Niels

diff -urN lsh-1.4.2/src/channel_commands.c lsh-1.4.3/src/channel_commands.c
--- lsh-1.4.2/src/channel_commands.c Thu Sep 27 08:29:44 2001
+++ lsh-1.4.3/src/channel_commands.c Fri Sep 19 14:15:37 2003
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
make_channel_open_exception(
SSH_OPEN_RESOURCE_SHORTAGE,
"Allocating a local channel number failed."));
+ return;
}

channel = NEW_CHANNEL(self, connection, index, &request);
diff -urN lsh-1.4.2/src/client_keyexchange.c lsh-1.4.3/src/client_keyexchange.c
--- lsh-1.4.2/src/client_keyexchange.c Wed Mar 13 17:05:28 2002
+++ lsh-1.4.3/src/client_keyexchange.c Fri Sep 19 16:37:59 2003
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@
{
lsh_string_free(salt);
disconnect_kex_failed(connection, "Bye");
+ return;
}

mpz_init(x);
@@ -282,8 +283,11 @@
mpz_clear(x);

if (!response)
- PROTOCOL_ERROR(connection->e,
- "SRP failure: Invalid public value from server.");
+ {
+ PROTOCOL_ERROR(connection->e,
+ "SRP failure: Invalid public value from server.");
+ return;
+ }

C_WRITE_NOW(connection, response);

--- lsh-1.4.2/src/read_line.c Fri Aug 4 01:51:32 2000
+++ lsh-1.4.3/src/read_line.c Fri Sep 19 14:22:29 2003
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@
/* Too long line */
EXCEPTION_RAISE(self->e,
make_protocol_exception(0, "Line too long."));
+
+ return available;
}

/* Ok, now we have a line. Copy it into the buffer. */
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