Mageia: 2019-0043 Critical: libssh Authentication Bypass Issue
mageia
January 20, 2019
libssh versions 0.6 and above have an authentication bypass vulnerability in the server code
Summary
libssh versions 0.6 and above have an authentication bypass
vulnerability in the server code. By presenting the server an
SSH2_MSG_USERAUTH_SUCCESS message in place of the
SSH2_MSG_USERAUTH_REQUEST message which the server would expect to
initiate authentication, the attacker could successfully authentciate
without any credentials (CVE-2018-10933).
References
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23711
- https://www.libssh.org/security/advisories/CVE-2018-10933.txt
- - - https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-10933
Topics Covered
Resolution
SRPMS
- 6/core/libssh-0.7.7-1.mga6
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Publication date: 20 Jan 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0043.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2018-10933
Topics Covered
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