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https://access.redhat.com/security/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2024/rhsa-2024_0538.json

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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:           Moderate: libssh security update
Advisory ID:        RHSA-2024:0538-03
Product:            Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:       https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0538
Issue date:         2024-01-29
Revision:           03
CVE Names:          CVE-2023-1667
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Summary: 

An update for libssh is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.




Description:

libssh is a library which implements the SSH protocol. It can be used to implement client and server applications.

Security Fix(es):

* libssh: NULL pointer dereference during rekeying with algorithm guessing (CVE-2023-1667)

* libssh: authorization bypass in pki_verify_data_signature (CVE-2023-2283)

* ssh: Prefix truncation attack on Binary Packet Protocol (BPP) (CVE-2023-48795)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.


Solution:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258



CVEs:

CVE-2023-1667

References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2182199
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2189736
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2254210