Debian: DSA-3182-1 Critical Libssh2 DoS Solution for Clients
debian
March 11, 2015
Mariusz Ziulek reported that libssh2, a SSH2 client-side library, was reading and using the SSH_MSG_KEXINIT packet without doing sufficient range checks when negotiating a new SSH ...
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Summary
For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.4.2-1.1+deb7u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your libssh2 packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
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Package: libssh2
CVE ID: CVE-2015-1782
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