CVE - CVE-2012-4559

CVE-ID
CVE-2012-4559	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Multiple double free vulnerabilities in the (1) agent_sign_data function in agent.c, (2) channel_request function in channels.c, (3) ssh_userauth_pubkey function in auth.c, (4) sftp_parse_attr_3 function in sftp.c, and (5) try_publickey_from_file function in keyfiles.c in libssh before 0.5.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
References
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BID:56604 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56604 CONFIRM:http://www.libssh.org/2012/11/20/libssh-0-5-3-security-release/ DEBIAN:DSA-2577 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2577 FEDORA:FEDORA-2012-18610 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/093313.html FEDORA:FEDORA-2012-18677 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/093474.html MANDRIVA:MDVSA-2012:175 URL:~~http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:175~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=871612 MLIST:[oss-security] 20121120 libssh 0.5.3 release fixes multiple security issues URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/20/3 SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2012:1620 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00002.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2012:1622 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00016.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2013:0130 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00021.html UBUNTU:USN-1640-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1640-1 XF:libssh-code-execution(80218) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80218
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20120821	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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Assigned (20120821)
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