CVE-2015-1782
A flaw was found in the way the kex_agree_methods() function of libssh2 performed a key exchange when negotiating a new SSH session. A man-in-the-middle attacker could use a crafted SSH_MSG_KEXINIT packet to crash a connecting libssh2 client.
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CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 7.8 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Complete |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (libssh2) | RHSA-2015:2140 | 2015-11-19 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | libssh2 | Will not fix |