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Medium ALAS2-2019-1263 2 CVEs

Moderate: libssh2 security update (Amazon Linux 2)

Published Aug 7, 2019 · Updated Aug 9, 2019

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2019-3861: An out of bounds read flaw was discovered in libssh2 in the way SSH packets with a padding length value greater than the packet length are parsed. A remote attacker who compromises a SSH server may be able to cause a denial of service or read data in the client memory. 1687311: CVE-2019-3861 libssh2: Out-of-bounds reads with specially crafted SSH packets CVE-2019-3858: An out of bounds read flaw was discovered in libssh2 when a specially crafted SFTP packet is received from the server. A remote attacker who compromises a SSH server may be able to cause a denial of service or read data in the client memory. 1687306: CVE-2019-3858 libssh2: Zero-byte allocation with a specially crafted SFTP packed leading to an out-of-bounds read

Fixed packages 4

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2 libssh2 0:1.4.3-12.amzn2.2.1
Amazon Linux · 2 libssh2-debuginfo 0:1.4.3-12.amzn2.2.1
Amazon Linux · 2 libssh2-devel 0:1.4.3-12.amzn2.2.1
Amazon Linux · 2 libssh2-docs 0:1.4.3-12.amzn2.2.1

Vulnerabilities 2

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2019-3858.html
  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2019-3861.html