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CVE-2012-4559

UNKNOWN
6.8CVSS
Published: 2012-11-30
Updated: 2025-04-11
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Description

Multiple double free vulnerabilities in the (1) agent_sign_data function in agent.c, (2) channel_request function in channels.c, (3) ssh_userauth_pubkey function in auth.c, (4) sftp_parse_attr_3 function in sftp.c, and (5) try_publickey_from_file function in keyfiles.c in libssh before 0.5.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

CVSS Metrics

Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector
network
Access Cmplx
medium
Auth
none
Confidentiality
partial
Integrity
partial
Availability
partial
Weaknesses
CWE-399

Metadata

Primary Vendor
LIBSSH
Published
11/30/2012
Last Modified
4/11/2025
Source
NIST NVD
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Affected Products

libssh : libsshlibssh : libsshlibssh : libsshlibssh : libsshlibssh : libsshlibssh : libssh

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