CVE-2013-0176

Summary

CVECVE-2013-0176
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-02-05 23:55:00 UTC
Updated2017-08-29 01:32:00 UTC
DescriptionThe publickey_from_privatekey function in libssh before 0.5.4, when no algorithm is matched during negotiations, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a "Client: Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange Init" packet.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-399

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libssh Libssh 0.4.7 All All All
Application Libssh Libssh 0.4.8 All All All
Application Libssh Libssh 0.5.0 All All All
Application Libssh Libssh 0.5.0 rc1 All All
Application Libssh Libssh 0.5.1 All All All
Application Libssh Libssh 0.5.2 All All All
Application Libssh Libssh All All All All
Application Libssh Libssh 0.4.7 All All All
Application Libssh Libssh 0.4.8 All All All
Application Libssh Libssh 0.5.0 All All All
Application Libssh Libssh 0.5.0 rc1 All All
Application Libssh Libssh 0.5.1 All All All
Application Libssh Libssh 0.5.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Advisory SA51982 - Ubuntu update for libssh - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
libssh 0.5.4 (SECURITY RELEASE) at libssh - The SSH Library! CONFIRM www.libssh.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: libssh-0.5.4-1.fc17 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
USN-1707-1: libssh vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: libssh-0.5.4-1.fc18 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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