vulnerability

Gentoo Linux: CVE-2020-1730: libssh: Denial of service

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Apr 10, 2020
Added
Apr 13, 2020
Modified
Mar 31, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in libssh versions before 0.8.9 and before 0.9.4 in the way it handled AES-CTR (or DES ciphers if enabled) ciphers. The server or client could crash when the connection hasn't been fully initialized and the system tries to cleanup the ciphers when closing the connection. The biggest threat from this vulnerability is system availability.

Solution

gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-libs-libssh
Title
Rapid7 Labs

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