CVE-2017-18594

Description

nse_libssh2.cc in Nmap 7.70 is subject to a denial of service condition due to a double free when an SSH connection fails, as demonstrated by a leading \n character to ssh-brute.nse or ssh-auth-methods.nse.

References

https://seclists.org/nmap-dev/2018/q2/45

https://seclists.org/nmap-announce/2019/0

https://github.com/nmap/nmap/issues/1077

https://github.com/nmap/nmap/commit/350bbe0597d37ad67abe5fef8fba984707b4e9ad

https://github.com/AMatchandaHaystack/Research/blob/master/Nmap%26libsshDF

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00075.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00073.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3