CVE-2012-4559

Publication date 20 November 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libssh 12.10 quantal
Fixed 0.5.2-1ubuntu0.12.10.1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 0.5.2-1ubuntu0.12.04.1
11.10 oneiric
Fixed 0.5.2-1ubuntu0.11.10.1
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 0.4.2-1ubuntu1.1
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life

Patch details

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Package Patch details
libssh

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-1640-1
    • libssh vulnerabilities
    • 26 November 2012

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