Description
The 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.
Published: 2013-02-05
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: 1.0% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-0214 The 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1707-1 libssh vulnerability
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T14:18:09.365Z

Reserved: 2012-12-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-0176

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Status : Modified

Published: 2013-02-05T23:55:01.850

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

Link: CVE-2013-0176

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