Out-of-bounds Write Affecting libssh2-1 package, versions <1.9.0-4.13.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.03% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-LIBSSH21-2695171
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed27 Nov 2020

Introduced: 27 Nov 2020

CVE-2019-3863  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 libssh2-1 to version 1.9.0-4.13.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libssh2-1 package and not the libssh2-1 package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in libssh2 before 1.8.1. A server could send a multiple keyboard interactive response messages whose total length are greater than unsigned char max characters. This value is used as an index to copy memory causing in an out of bounds memory write error.