MGASA-2020-0171 - Updated libssh packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 15 Apr 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0171.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7
CVE: CVE-2020-1730

Updated libssh packages fix security vulnerability:

A malicious client or server could crash the counterpart implemented
with libssh AES-CTR ciphers are used and don't get fully initialized.
It will crash when it tries to cleanup the AES-CTR ciphers when
closing the connection (CVE-2020-1730).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26462
- - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-1730

SRPMS:
- 7/core/libssh-0.8.9-1.mga7

Mageia 2020-0171: libssh security update

Updated libssh packages fix security vulnerability: A malicious client or server could crash the counterpart implemented with libssh AES-CTR ciphers are used and don't get fully...

Summary

Updated libssh packages fix security vulnerability:
A malicious client or server could crash the counterpart implemented with libssh AES-CTR ciphers are used and don't get fully initialized. It will crash when it tries to cleanup the AES-CTR ciphers when closing the connection (CVE-2020-1730).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26462

- - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-1730

Resolution

MGASA-2020-0171 - Updated libssh packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 7/core/libssh-0.8.9-1.mga7

Severity
Publication date: 15 Apr 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0171.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2020-1730

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