CVE-2014-8132
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.0
Description
Double free vulnerability in the ssh_packet_kexinit function in kex.c in libssh 0.5.x and 0.6.x before 0.6.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted kexinit packet.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 0.6.3-4 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0.6.3-4 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 0.6.3-4 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 0.6.3-4 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 0.6.3-4 |
| debian | 7.0 | affected | |
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
| fedora | 19 | affected | |
| fedora | 20 | affected | |
| fedora | 21 | affected | |
| suse | 12.3 | affected | |
| suse | 13.1 | affected | |
| suse | 13.2 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 12.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 14.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 14.10 | affected | |
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0014.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147367.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147452.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147464.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00007.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60838
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3488
- http://www.libssh.org/2014/12/19/libssh-0-6-4-security-and-bugfix-release/
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:020
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2478-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1158089
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-12
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8132
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.