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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2013.0162 libssh security update 6 February 2013 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: libssh Publisher: IBM Operating System: UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX) Windows Impact/Access: Denial of Service -- Remote/Unauthenticated Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2013-0176 Original Bulletin: http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/81595 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- libssh publickey_from_privatekey() function denial of service libssh-publickeyfromprivatekey-dos (81595) The risk level is classified as Medium Risk Description: libssh is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a NULL pointer dereference error when processing "Client: Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange Init" packet. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash. *CVSS: Base Score: 7.8 Access Vector: Network Access Complexity: Low Authentication: None Confidentiality Impact: None Integrity Impact: None Availability Impact: Complete Temporal Score: 6.8 Exploitability: High Remediation Level: Official-Fix Report Confidence: Confirmed Consequences: Denial of Service Remedy: Upgrade to the latest version of libssh (0.5.4 or later), available from the libssh Web site. See References. References: libssh Web Site: libssh http://www.libssh.org/2013/01/22/libssh-0-5-4-security-release/ Red Hat Bugzilla Bug 894407: CVE-2013-0176 libssh: NULL dereference leads to denial of service. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=894407 BID-57571: libssh CVE-2013-0176 Denial of Service Vulnerability http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57571 CVE-2013-0176: ** RESERVED ** This candidate has been reserved by an organization or individual that will use it when announcing a new security problem. When the candidate has been publicized, the details for this candidate will be provided. http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-0176 Platforms Affected: libssh libssh 0.5.3 Reported: Jan 22, 2013 The information within this database may change without notice. Use of this information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition. There are NO warranties, implied or otherwise, with regard to this information or its use. Any use of this information is at the user's risk. 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