Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2013-045 - Multiple double free flaws, buffer overflow flaws, invalid free flaws, and improper overflow checks in libssh before 0.5.3 could enable a denial of service attack against libssh clients, or possibly arbitrary code execution. Yong Chuan Koh discovered that libssh incorrectly handled certain negotiation requests. A remote attacker could use this to cause libssh to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2013:045
http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/
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Package : libssh
Date : April 5, 2013
Affected: Business Server 1.0
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Problem Description:
Updated libssh packages fix security vulnerabilities:
Multiple double free flaws, buffer overflow flaws, invalid free
flaws, and improper overflow checks in libssh before 0.5.3 could
enable a denial of service attack against libssh clients, or possibly
arbitrary code execution (CVE-2012-4559, CVE-2012-4560, CVE-2012-4561
and CVE-2012-4562).
Yong Chuan Koh discovered that libssh incorrectly handled certain
negotiation requests. A remote attacker could use this to cause libssh
to crash, resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2013-0176).
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References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4559
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4560
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4561
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4562
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-0176
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0344
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0033
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Updated Packages:
Mandriva Business Server 1/X86_64:
75e5b89f0a5d0eda3bbb0f2c97568cc8 mbs1/x86_64/lib64ssh4-0.5.2-2.1.mbs1.x86_64.rpm
4dc1a2ba2f6148f774fcddef1d32b7b5 mbs1/x86_64/lib64ssh-devel-0.5.2-2.1.mbs1.x86_64.rpm
519a8c2a9c8bab7c31537cdef43c2cfd mbs1/SRPMS/libssh-0.5.2-2.1.mbs1.src.rpm
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
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