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Fedora 17 : libssh-0.5.4-1.fc17 (2013-1422)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 64416

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Fixed NULL dereference leads to denial of service - CVE-2013-0176, several NULL pointer dereferences in SSHv1, a free crash bug in options parsing.

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Solution

Update the affected libssh package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=894407

http://www.nessus.org/u?88ff6d65

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 64416

File Name: fedora_2013-1422.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/4/2013

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libssh, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:17

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 1/24/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-0176

FEDORA: 2013-1422