Improper Authentication Affecting libssh package, versions <0.6.3-4+deb8u3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
25.95% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-LIBSSH-293653
  • published17 Oct 2018
  • disclosed17 Oct 2018

Introduced: 17 Oct 2018

CVE-2018-10933  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-592  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 libssh to version 0.6.3-4+deb8u3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libssh package and not the libssh package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A vulnerability was found in libssh's server-side state machine before versions 0.7.6 and 0.8.4. A malicious client could create channels without first performing authentication, resulting in unauthorized access.