A flaw was found in libssh.
A flaw was found in libssh. The API function `ssh_get_hexa()` is vulnerable to a denial of service when processing zero-length input. This can be exploited remotely by an attacker during GSSAPI (Generic Security Service Application Program Interface) authentication if the server's logging verbosity is set to `SSH_LOG_PACKET (3)` or higher. Successful exploitation could lead to a self-Denial of Ser
What happened
A flaw was found in libssh. The API function `ssh_get_hexa()` is vulnerable to a denial of service when processing zero-length input. This can be exploited remotely by an attacker during GSSAPI (Generic Security Service Application Program Interface) authentication if the server's logging verbosity is set to `SSH_LOG_PACKET (3)` or higher. Successful exploitation could lead to a self-Denial of Service of the per-connection daemon process.
Does it affect you
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What to do
- Follow the vendor advisory for the fixed release and any interim mitigation.
access.redhat.com - Follow the vendor advisory for the fixed release and any interim mitigation.
access.redhat.com - Follow the vendor advisory for the fixed release and any interim mitigation.
bugzilla.redhat.com - Follow the vendor advisory for the fixed release and any interim mitigation.
libssh.org
Vendor's affected list
- rhel
- Exactly 8.0
Sources
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