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Medium ALSA-2024:0628 1 CVE

Moderate: libssh security update

Published Jan 31, 2024 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

libssh is a library which implements the SSH protocol. It can be used to implement client and server applications.

Security Fix(es):

* ssh: Prefix truncation attack on Binary Packet Protocol (BPP) (CVE-2023-48795)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 libssh 0.9.6-13.el8_9
AlmaLinux · 8 libssh-config 0.9.6-13.el8_9
AlmaLinux · 8 libssh-devel 0.9.6-13.el8_9

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Medium 5.9
    CVE-2023-48795 Public exploit Scanner template EPSS 94%

    Prefix Truncation Attack against ChaCha20-Poly1305 and Encrypt-then-MAC aka Terrapin

    The SSH transport protocol with certain OpenSSH extensions, found in OpenSSH before 9.6 and other products, allows remote attackers to bypass integrity checks such that some packets are omitted (from the extension negotiation message), and a client and server…

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-48795
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2254210
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2024-0628.html