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SUSE: CVE-2021-28041: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2021-28041: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/05/2021
Created
12/29/2021
Added
12/23/2021
Modified
10/26/2022

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)

  • suse-upgrade-openssh
  • suse-upgrade-openssh-askpass-gnome
  • suse-upgrade-openssh-cavs
  • suse-upgrade-openssh-clients
  • suse-upgrade-openssh-common
  • suse-upgrade-openssh-fips
  • suse-upgrade-openssh-helpers
  • suse-upgrade-openssh-server

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