CVE-2013-0176: Null Pointer Dereference
First published: Tue Feb 05 2013(Updated: )
The publickey_from_privatekey function in libssh before 0.5.4, when no algorithm is matched during negotiations, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a "Client: Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange Init" packet.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Libssh Libssh | <=0.5.3 | |
| Libssh Libssh | =0.4.7 | |
| Libssh Libssh | =0.4.8 | |
| Libssh Libssh | =0.5.0 | |
| Libssh Libssh | =0.5.0-rc1 | |
| Libssh Libssh | =0.5.1 | |
| Libssh Libssh | =0.5.2 |
Never miss a vulnerability like this again
Sign up to SecAlerts for real-time vulnerability data matched to your software, aggregated from hundreds of sources.
Reference Links
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/098065.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/098094.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51982
- http://www.libssh.org/2013/01/22/libssh-0-5-4-security-release/
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1707-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81595
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/weakness
- agent/references
- agent/severity
- agent/author
- agent/type
- agent/description
- agent/event
- agent/remedy
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/tags
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/softwarecombine
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/libssh
- canonical/libssh libssh
- version/libssh libssh/0.5.3
- version/libssh libssh/0.4.7
- version/libssh libssh/0.4.8
- version/libssh libssh/0.5.0
- version/libssh libssh/0.5.0-rc1
- version/libssh libssh/0.5.1
- version/libssh libssh/0.5.2