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Medium RLSA-2020:4545 2 CVEs

Moderate: libssh security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Published Nov 3, 2020 · Updated Feb 4, 2026

Summary

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

The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: libssh (0.9.4). (BZ#1804797)

Security Fix(es):

* libssh: denial of service when handling AES-CTR (or DES) ciphers (CVE-2020-1730)

* libssh: unsanitized location in scp could lead to unwanted command execution (CVE-2019-14889)

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.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Rocky Linux 8.3 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Rocky Linux · 8 libssh 0:0.9.4-2.el8

Vulnerabilities 2

References

  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1733914
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1772523
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1801998
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1804797
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1821339
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1849071