vulnerability

Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-18594: Double Free

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Aug 28, 2019
Added
Nov 27, 2019
Modified
Mar 25, 2026

Description

nse_libssh2.cc in Nmap 7.70 is subject to a denial of service condition due to a double free when an SSH connection fails, as demonstrated by a leading \n character to ssh-brute.nse or ssh-auth-methods.nse.

Solution

alpine-linux-upgrade-nmap
Title
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