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Ubuntu: USN-4762-1 (CVE-2021-28041): OpenSSH vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-4762-1 (CVE-2021-28041): OpenSSH vulnerability

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/05/2021
Created
03/13/2021
Added
03/11/2021
Modified
03/22/2023

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)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-openssh-client

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