Description
Multiple double free vulnerabilities in the (1) agent_sign_data function in agent.c, (2) channel_request function in channels.c, (3) ssh_userauth_pubkey function in auth.c, (4) sftp_parse_attr_3 function in sftp.c, and (5) try_publickey_from_file function in keyfiles.c in libssh before 0.5.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
Published: 2012-11-30
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: 5.0% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2577-1 libssh security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-4487 Multiple double free vulnerabilities in the (1) agent_sign_data function in agent.c, (2) channel_request function in channels.c, (3) ssh_userauth_pubkey function in auth.c, (4) sftp_parse_attr_3 function in sftp.c, and (5) try_publickey_from_file function in keyfiles.c in libssh before 0.5.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1640-1 libssh vulnerabilities
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T20:42:54.503Z

Reserved: 2012-08-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-4559

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Status : Modified

Published: 2012-11-30T22:55:01.643

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-4559

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Weaknesses