DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4559

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4559
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4559.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4559
Upstream
Downstream
Published
2012-11-30T22:55:01Z
Modified
2026-09-05T06:47:44Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / libssh

Package

Name
libssh
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libssh?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.5.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4559.json"

Debian:13 / libssh

Package

Name
libssh
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libssh?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.5.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4559.json"

Debian:14 / libssh

Package

Name
libssh
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libssh?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.5.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4559.json"