CVE-2012-4561 | BDVDB-2026-53690 Detail
Description#
The (1) publickey_make_dss, (2) publickey_make_rsa, (3) signature_from_string, (4) ssh_do_sign, and (5) ssh_sign_session_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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2577
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:175
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=871617
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1640-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00021.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00016.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/093313.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00002.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/20/3
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80220
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/093474.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56604
- http://www.libssh.org/2012/11/20/libssh-0-5-3-security-release/
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.