Description
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 remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted kexinit packet.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Access Vector
- network
- Access Cmplx
- low
- Auth
- none
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- partial
- Weaknesses
- NVD-CWE-Other
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- LIBSSH
- Published
- 12/29/2014
- Last Modified
- 4/12/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
libssh : libsshlibssh : libsshlibssh : libsshlibssh : libsshlibssh : libsshlibssh : libsshlibssh : libsshlibssh : libsshlibssh : libsshdebian : debian_linuxdebian : debian_linuxopensuse : opensuseopensuse : opensuseopensuse : opensusefedoraproject : fedorafedoraproject : fedorafedoraproject : fedoracanonical : ubuntu_linuxcanonical : ubuntu_linuxcanonical : ubuntu_linux
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