vulnerability

Red Hat: CVE-2023-2283: libssh: authorization bypass in pki_verify_data_signature (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
May 26, 2023
Added
Jun 28, 2023
Modified
Nov 14, 2025

Description

A vulnerability was found in libssh, where the authentication check of the connecting client can be bypassed in the`pki_verify_data_signature` function in memory allocation problems. This issue may happen if there is insufficient memory or the memory usage is limited. The problem is caused by the return value `rc,` which is initialized to SSH_ERROR and later rewritten to save the return value of the function call `pki_key_check_hash_compatible.` The value of the variable is not changed between this point and the cryptographic verification. Therefore any error between them calls `goto error` returning SSH_OK.

Solutions

no-fix-redhat-rpm-packageredhat-upgrade-libsshredhat-upgrade-libssh-configredhat-upgrade-libssh-debuginforedhat-upgrade-libssh-debugsourceredhat-upgrade-libssh-devel
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