CVE-2014-8132

Summary

CVECVE-2014-8132
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-12-29 00:59:00 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionDouble free vulnerability in the ssh_packet_kexinit function in kex.c in libssh 0.5.x and 0.6.x before 0.6.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted kexinit packet.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 19 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 20 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 21 All All All
Application Libssh Libssh 0.5.0 All All All
Application Libssh Libssh 0.5.2 All All All
Application Libssh Libssh 0.5.3 All All All
Application Libssh Libssh 0.5.4 All All All
Application Libssh Libssh 0.5.5 All All All
Application Libssh Libssh 0.6.0 All All All
Application Libssh Libssh 0.6.1 All All All
Application Libssh Libssh 0.6.2 All All All
Application Libssh Libssh 0.6.3 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 12.3 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2015-0014 - Updated libssh packages fix CVE-2014-8132 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 advisories.mageia.org Third Party Advisory
libssh 0.6.4 (Security and bugfix release) at libssh - The SSH Library! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.libssh.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
libssh and libssh2: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201606-12) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3488-1 libssh af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Bug 1158089 – CVE-2014-8132 libssh: Possible double free on a dangling pointer with crafted kexinit packet af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
USN-2478-1: libssh vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 19 Update: libssh-0.6.4-1.fc19 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: libssh-0.6.4-1.fc21 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: libssh-0.6.4-1.fc20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:020 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA60838 - SUSE update for libssh - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
openSUSE-SU-2015:0017-1: moderate: Security update for libssh af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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