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Medium
CVE-2013-0176
The publickey_from_privatekey function in libssh before 0.5.4, when no algorithm...
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/098094.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81595
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51982
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/098065.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1707-1
- http://www.libssh.org/2013/01/22/libssh-0-5-4-security-release/
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
0, 0.4.7, 0.4.8, 0.5.0, 0.5.1, 0.5.2
Timeline
Official Publish:
February 5th, 2013
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.