CVE-2012-4561
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4561
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2012-4561.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2012-4561
- Related
- Published
- 2012-11-30T22:55:01Z
- Modified
- 2025-04-11T00:51:21Z
- Downstream
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
The (1) publickeymakedss, (2) publickeymakersa, (3) signaturefromstring, (4) sshdosign, and (5) sshsignsession_id functions in keys.c in libssh before 0.5.3 free "an invalid pointer on an error path," which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors.
- References
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- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2577
- http://www.libssh.org/2012/11/20/libssh-0-5-3-security-release/
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:175
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1640-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=871617
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/093313.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/093474.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00016.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00021.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/20/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56604
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80220
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4561
Affected packages
Debian:11 / libssh
Package
- Name
- libssh
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/libssh?arch=source
Debian:12 / libssh
Package
- Name
- libssh
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/libssh?arch=source
Debian:13 / libssh
Package
- Name
- libssh
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/libssh?arch=source