First published: Mon Mar 11 2019(Updated: )
A server could send a specially crafted partial SFTP packet with a zero value for the payload length. This zero value would be used to then allocate memory resulting in a zero byte allocation and possible out of bounds read.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com secalert@redhat.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
debian/libssh2 | 1.8.0-2.1 1.8.0-2.1+deb10u1 1.9.0-2 1.10.0-3 1.11.0-2 | |
Libssh2 Libssh2 | <1.8.1 | |
Fedoraproject Fedora | =29 | |
Debian Debian Linux | =8.0 | |
NetApp ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility | ||
openSUSE Leap | =15.0 | |
openSUSE Leap | =42.3 | |
redhat/libssh2 | <1.8.1 | 1.8.1 |
F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management | >=8.2.0<=8.3.0 | |
<1.8.1 | ||
=29 | ||
=8.0 | ||
=15.0 | ||
=42.3 |
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CVE-2019-3858 is an out of bounds read flaw in libssh2 before version 1.8.1.
CVE-2019-3858 has a severity rating of 9.1 (critical).
CVE-2019-3858 affects the libssh2 package with versions before 1.8.1, Debian Linux 8.0, Fedora 29, openSUSE Leap 15.0 and 42.3, and NetApp ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility.
CVE-2019-3858 could allow a remote attacker who compromises an SSH server to cause a Denial of Service or read data in the client memory.
To fix CVE-2019-3858, update to libssh2 version 1.8.1 or later.