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OpenSSH Vulnerability: CVE-2021-28041

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OpenSSH Vulnerability: CVE-2021-28041

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/05/2021
Created
03/12/2021
Added
03/11/2021
Modified
03/19/2021

Description

ssh-agent in OpenSSH before 8.5 has a double free that may be relevant in a few less-common scenarios, such as unconstrained agent-socket access on a legacy operating system, or the forwarding of an agent to an attacker-controlled host.

Solution(s)

  • openbsd-openssh-upgrade-8_5

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