CVE-2015-3146 Information

Description

The (1) SSH_MSG_NEWKEYS and (2) SSH_MSG_KEXDH_REPLY packet handlers in package_cb.c in libssh before 0.6.5 do not properly validate state which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a crafted SSH packet.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/161802.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158013.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3488 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2912-1 https://git.libssh.org/projects/libssh.git/commit/?h=libssh-0.6.5&id=94f6955fbaee6fda9385a23e505497efe21f5b4f https://www.libssh.org/2015/04/30/libssh-0-6-5-security-and-bugfix-release/ https://www.libssh.org/security/advisories/CVE-2015-3146.txt

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.5