CVE-2021-28041
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
ssh-agent in OpenSSH before 8.5 has a double free that may be relevant in a few less-common scenarios, such as unconstrained agent-socket access on a legacy operating system, or the forwarding of an agent to an attacker-controlled host.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-28041
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-28041.html
Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202103-6
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 8.5p1-1 | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1:8.4p1-5 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:8.4p1-5 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1:8.4p1-5 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1:8.4p1-5 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1:8.4p1-5 |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.