CVE-2021-28041

Summary

CVECVE-2021-28041
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-03-05 21:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:32:00 UTC
Descriptionssh-agent in OpenSSH before 8.5 has a double free that may be relevant in a few less-common scenarios, such as unconstrained agent-socket access on a legacy operating system, or the forwarding of an agent to an attacker-controlled host.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-415

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 34 All All All
Application Netapp Cloud Backup - All All All
Hardware Netapp Hci Compute Node - All All All
Operating System Netapp Hci Compute Node Firmware - All All All
Application Netapp Hci Management Node - All All All
Hardware Netapp Hci Storage Node - All All All
Operating System Netapp Hci Storage Node Firmware - All All All
Application Netapp Solidfire - All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh All All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh All All All All
Application Oracle Communications Offline Mediation Controller 12.0.0.3.0 All All All
Operating System Oracle Zfs Storage Appliance 8.8 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: openssh-8.5p1-2.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: openssh-8.4p1-7.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
www.openssh.com/txt/release-8.5 MISC www.openssh.com Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
OpenSSH: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202105-35) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
oss-security - Announce: OpenSSH 8.5 released MISC www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
OpenSSH: Security MISC www.openssh.com Vendor Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2021 N/A www.oracle.com
upstream: factor SSH_AGENT_CONSTRAIN_EXTENSION parsing into its own · openssh/openssh-portable@e04fd6d · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: openssh-8.5p1-2.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE-2021-28041 OpenSSH Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
FEDORA-2021-1d3698089d FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 180077 Debian Security Update for openssh (CVE-2021-28041)
  • 198291 Ubuntu Security Notification for Openssh Vulnerability (USN-4762-1)
  • 281545 Fedora Security Update for kde (FEDORA-2021-f68a5a75ba)
  • 281663 Fedora Security Update for openssh (FEDORA-2021-1d3698089d)
  • 296067 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 33.94.0 Missing (CPUAPR2021)
  • 38867 OpenSSH Double Free Vulnerability
  • 500489 Alpine Linux Security Update for openssh
  • 501464 Alpine Linux Security Update for openssh
  • 501760 Alpine Linux Security Update for openssh
  • 504248 Alpine Linux Security Update for openssh
  • 591406 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU GNU/Linux subsystem Multiple Vulnerabilities (SSB-439005, ICSA-22-104-13)
  • 670370 EulerOS Security Update for openssh (EulerOS-SA-2021-1955)
  • 670391 EulerOS Security Update for openssh (EulerOS-SA-2021-1934)
  • 690164 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for openssh (76b5068c-8436-11eb-9469-080027f515ea)
  • 710079 Gentoo Linux OpenSSH Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202105-35)
  • 751544 OpenSUSE Security Update for openssh (openSUSE-SU-2021:4153-1)
  • 900031 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for openssh 8.0p1
  • 902885 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for openssh (3925)
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