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Information Exposure Affecting openssh package, versions <1:5.1p1-5

0.0
low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 12.27% (96th percentile)
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NVD
3.7 low

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-OPENSSH-517600
  • published 19 Nov 2008
  • disclosed 19 Nov 2008
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Introduced: 19 Nov 2008

CVE-2008-5161 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-200 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 openssh to version 1:5.1p1-5 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openssh package and not the openssh package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

Error handling in the SSH protocol in (1) SSH Tectia Client and Server and Connector 4.0 through 4.4.11, 5.0 through 5.2.4, and 5.3 through 5.3.8; Client and Server and ConnectSecure 6.0 through 6.0.4; Server for Linux on IBM System z 6.0.4; Server for IBM z/OS 5.5.1 and earlier, 6.0.0, and 6.0.1; and Client 4.0-J through 4.3.3-J and 4.0-K through 4.3.10-K; and (2) OpenSSH 4.7p1 and possibly other versions, when using a block cipher algorithm in Cipher Block Chaining (CBC) mode, makes it easier for remote attackers to recover certain plaintext data from an arbitrary block of ciphertext in an SSH session via unknown vectors.

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