CVE-2014-8132

Publication date 28 December 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Double free vulnerability in the ssh_packet_kexinit function in kex.c in libssh 0.5.x and 0.6.x before 0.6.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted kexinit packet.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libssh	14.10 utopic	Fixed 0.6.3-2ubuntu1.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 0.6.1-0ubuntu3.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 0.5.2-1ubuntu0.12.04.4
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored

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Notes

mdeslaur

0.5.1 and higher

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
libssh	Upstream: ?id=c2a

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-2478-1
libssh vulnerability
19 January 2015

Other references

http://www.libssh.org/security/advisories/CVE-2014-8132.txt
http://www.libssh.org/2014/12/19/libssh-0-6-4-security-and-bugfix-release/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8132