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Unscored USN-2478-1 1 CVE

libssh vulnerability

Published Jan 19, 2015 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that libssh incorrectly handled certain kexinit packets.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libssh to crash,
resulting in a denial of service.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS libssh 0.6.1-0ubuntu3.1

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Unscored —

    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 rem…

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8132