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SSH protocol version 1.33 detection
Enumeration
2004/09/07
Marc Ruef
marc dot ruef at computec dot ch
http://www.computec.ch
computec.ch
Marc Ruef
marc dot ruef at computec dot ch
http://www.computec.ch
computec.ch
2004/11/13
1.2
Added NetRecon rating in version 1.1. Corrected the plugin structure and added the accuracy values in 1.2
tcp
22
open|sleep|close|pattern_exists SSH-1.33-*
87
This plugin was written with the ATK Attack Editor.
Usually all SSH daemons
Specialized and hardened SSH daemons
Configuration
The server is running a SSH daemon (Secure Shell). This is a terminal emulation with authentication and encryption. The banner tells the user which SSH protocol version are used. In this case the old 1.33 is supported. This information may be usefull to start further enumeration or attacks.
A service if not needed should be de-installed or disabled. If this is not possible, an access control list (ACL) with firewalling should be applied to this port.
Approx. 30 minutes
Yes
http://www.rapid7.com/Product-Download.html
Yes
Yes
Low
4
6
3
4
None
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Nessus is able to do the same check.
10881
Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions, Stuart McClure, Joel Scambray and George Kurtz, February 25, 2003, 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, ISBN 0072227427
http://www.cert.garr.it/alerts/msg00165.html