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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2012.1120
A number of vulnerabilities have been identified in libssh
30 November 2012
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: libssh
Publisher: Mandriva
Operating System: Mandriva Linux
UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Windows
Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote with User Interaction
Denial of Service -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2012-4562 CVE-2012-4561 CVE-2012-4560
CVE-2012-4559
Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on
platforms other than Mandriva. It is recommended that administrators
running libssh check for an updated version of the software for
their operating system.
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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2012:175
http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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Package : libssh
Date : November 29, 2012
Affected: 2011.
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Problem Description:
Multiple double free(), buffer overflow, invalid free() and improper
overflow checks vulnerabilities was found and corrected in libssh
(CVE-2012-4559, CVE-2012-4560, CVE-2012-4561, CVE-2012-4562).
The updated packages have been upgraded to the 0.5.3 version which
is not affected by these issues.
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References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4559
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4560
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4561
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4562
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Updated Packages:
Mandriva Linux 2011:
6caa9057d2acb9c4f72e62f9963ee616 2011/i586/libssh4-0.5.3-0.1-mdv2011.0.i586.rpm
b8f7788c70db71ef6407a35b132b859d 2011/i586/libssh-devel-0.5.3-0.1-mdv2011.0.i586.rpm
9e49cafcb16a359fbdeb784ddfd95709 2011/SRPMS/libssh-0.5.3-0.1.src.rpm
Mandriva Linux 2011/X86_64:
5ee32a4b70dc10b76862c0e5d4d4e09f 2011/x86_64/lib64ssh4-0.5.3-0.1-mdv2011.0.x86_64.rpm
d34b185770ea7f0fe4f79bbefd29a08d 2011/x86_64/lib64ssh-devel-0.5.3-0.1-mdv2011.0.x86_64.rpm
9e49cafcb16a359fbdeb784ddfd95709 2011/SRPMS/libssh-0.5.3-0.1.src.rpm
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To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.
All packages are signed by Mandriva for security. You can obtain the
GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:
gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98
You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories
If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact
security_(at)_mandriva.com
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
<security*mandriva.com>
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