nixpkgs/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/openssh-9.6_p1-chaff-logic.patch
Emily e328c86314 openssh_{hpn,gssapi}: add backported security fix patches
Fixes a critical security bug allowing remote code execution as root:
<https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-9.8>

This may be CVE-2024-6387 (currently embargoed):
<https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-6387>

Thanks to upstream and Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> for the backport:
<1633ef4547>

Please don’t use these packages on the open internet if you care
a lot about security.
2024-07-01 13:06:28 +02:00

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"Minor logic error in ObscureKeystrokeTiming"
https://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=171982317624594&w=2
--- a/clientloop.c
+++ b/clientloop.c
@@ -608,8 +608,9 @@ obfuscate_keystroke_timing(struct ssh *ssh, struct timespec *timeout,
if (timespeccmp(&now, &chaff_until, >=)) {
/* Stop if there have been no keystrokes for a while */
stop_reason = "chaff time expired";
- } else if (timespeccmp(&now, &next_interval, >=)) {
- /* Otherwise if we were due to send, then send chaff */
+ } else if (timespeccmp(&now, &next_interval, >=) &&
+ !ssh_packet_have_data_to_write(ssh)) {
+ /* If due to send but have no data, then send chaff */
if (send_chaff(ssh))
nchaff++;
}