CVE-2014-8132

Publication date 28 December 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Double free vulnerability in the ssh_packet_kexinit function in kex.c in libssh 0.5.x and 0.6.x before 0.6.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted kexinit packet.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libssh 14.10 utopic
Fixed 0.6.3-2ubuntu1.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 0.6.1-0ubuntu3.1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 0.5.2-1ubuntu0.12.04.4
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored end of life

Notes

mdeslaur

0.5.1 and higher

Patch details

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Package Patch details
libssh