MGASA-2019-0402 - Updated libssh packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 19 Dec 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0402.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7
CVE: CVE-2019-14889

Updated libssh packages fix security vulnerability:

In an environment where a user is only allowed to copy files and not to
execute applications, it would be possible to pass a location which
contains commands to be executed in addition (CVE-2019-14889).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25865
- https://www.libssh.org/security/advisories/CVE-2019-14889.txt
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-14889

SRPMS:
- 7/core/libssh-0.8.8-1.mga7

Mageia 2019-0402: libssh security update

Updated libssh packages fix security vulnerability: In an environment where a user is only allowed to copy files and not to execute applications, it would be possible to pass a lo...

Summary

Updated libssh packages fix security vulnerability:
In an environment where a user is only allowed to copy files and not to execute applications, it would be possible to pass a location which contains commands to be executed in addition (CVE-2019-14889).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25865

- https://www.libssh.org/security/advisories/CVE-2019-14889.txt

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-14889

Resolution

MGASA-2019-0402 - Updated libssh packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 7/core/libssh-0.8.8-1.mga7

Severity
Publication date: 19 Dec 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0402.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2019-14889

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