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Status published
Medium
CVE-2014-8132
Double free vulnerability in the ssh_packet_kexinit function in kex.c in...
Vulnerability Description
Double free vulnerability in the ssh_packet_kexinit function in kex.c in libssh 0.5.x and 0.6.x before 0.6.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted kexinit 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
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1158089
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2478-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-12
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147464.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3488
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147452.html
- http://www.libssh.org/2014/12/19/libssh-0-6-4-security-and-bugfix-release/
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0014.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60838
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:020
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00007.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147367.html
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
libssh, debian linux, opensuse, fedora, ubuntu linux
Vulnerable Versions:
0.5.0, 0.5.2, 0.5.3, 0.5.4, 0.5.5, 0.6.0, 0.6.1, 0.6.2, 0.6.3, 7.0, 8.0, 12.3, 13.1, 13.2, 19, 20, 21, 12.04, 14.04, 14.10
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 29th, 2014
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.