CVE-2016-0739

Summary

CVECVE-2016-0739
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-04-13 17:59:00 UTC
Updated2017-12-09 02:29:00 UTC
Descriptionlibssh before 0.7.3 improperly truncates ephemeral secrets generated for the (1) diffie-hellman-group1 and (2) diffie-hellman-group14 key exchange methods to 128 bits, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to decrypt or intercept SSH sessions via unspecified vectors, aka a "bits/bytes confusion bug."

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

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 15.10 All All All
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 15.10 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 Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 22 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 23 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 22 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 23 All All All
Application Libssh Libssh All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-2912-1: libssh vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3488-1 libssh DEBIAN www.debian.org
CVE-2016-0739 - libssh Vulnerability | Puppet CONFIRM puppet.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: libssh-0.7.3-1.fc22 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
www.libssh.org/security/advisories/CVE-2016-0739.txt CONFIRM www.libssh.org Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: libssh-0.7.3-1.fc23 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
libssh and libssh2: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201606-12) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
libssh 0.7.3 (security and bugfix release) – libssh CONFIRM www.libssh.org Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
openSUSE-SU-2016:0880-1: moderate: Security update for libssh SUSE lists.opensuse.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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