First published: Tue Oct 30 2012(Updated: )
Florian Weimer of the Red Hat Product Security Team reported two cases where a function in libssh would write one past the end of the buffer (the u buffer in misc.c:ssh_path_expand_tilde() and the buf buffer in misc.c:ssh_path_expand_escape()).
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
libssh | <=0.5.2 | |
libssh | =0.4.7 | |
libssh | =0.4.8 | |
libssh | =0.5.0 | |
libssh | =0.5.0-rc1 | |
libssh | =0.5.1 |
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CVE-2012-4560 has a severity rating that suggests potential exploitation could lead to critical security risks due to multiple buffer overflows.
To fix CVE-2012-4560, you should upgrade libssh to version 0.5.3 or later.
CVE-2012-4560 affects libssh versions prior to 0.5.3, including versions 0.4.7, 0.4.8, 0.5.0, 0.5.0-rc1, and 0.5.1.
CVE-2012-4560 encompasses multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities in certain functions of libssh.
CVE-2012-4560 was reported by Florian Weimer of the Red Hat Product Security Team.