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Medium ALAS2-2023-2046 2 CVEs

Moderate: libssh2 security update (Amazon Linux 2)

Published May 11, 2023 · Updated May 16, 2023

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2019-3860: An out of bounds read flaw was discovered in libssh2 before 1.8.1 in the way SFTP packets with empty payloads 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. CVE-2019-3859: An out of bounds read flaw was discovered in libssh2 before 1.8.1 in the _libssh2_packet_require and _libssh2_packet_requirev functions. A remote attacker who compromises a SSH server may be able to cause a Denial of Service or read data in the client memory.

Fixed packages 4

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2 libssh2 0:1.4.3-12.amzn2.2.4
Amazon Linux · 2 libssh2-debuginfo 0:1.4.3-12.amzn2.2.4
Amazon Linux · 2 libssh2-devel 0:1.4.3-12.amzn2.2.4
Amazon Linux · 2 libssh2-docs 0:1.4.3-12.amzn2.2.4

Vulnerabilities 2

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2019-3859.html
  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2019-3860.html