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Debian LTS: DLA-1730-1 Critical: Libssh2 Integer Overflow Threat

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Calendar Grey March 26, 2019
Dist Debian Esm H88
Enhance your libssh2 installations to mitigate vulnerabilities following the discovery of various weaknesses within the SSH protocol framework.
Several vulnerabilities have recently been discovered in libssh2, a client-side C library implementing the SSH2 protocol

Summary

CVE-2019-3855

An integer overflow flaw which could have lead to an out of bounds
write was discovered in libssh2 in the way packets were read from the
server. A remote attacker who compromised an SSH server could have
been able to execute code on the client system when a user connected
to the server.

CVE-2019-3856

An integer overflow flaw, which could have lead to an out of bounds
write, was discovered in libssh2 in the way keyboard prompt requests
were parsed. A remote attacker who compromised an SSH server could have
been able to execute code on the client system when a user connected
to the server.

CVE-2019-3857

An integer overflow flaw which could have lead to an out of bounds
write was discovered in libssh2 in the way SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_REQUEST
packets with an exit signal were parsed. A remote attacker who
compromises an SSH server could have been able to execute code on the
client system when a user connected to the server.

CVE-2019-3858

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<pre><font face="Courier">Package: libssh2
Version: 1.4.3-4.1+deb8u2
CVE ID: CVE-2019-3855 CVE-2019-3856 CVE-2019-3857 CVE-2019-3858
Debian Bug: 924965

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