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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6: RHSA-2019-1652:01 Important Libssh2 Update

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Calendar Grey July 2, 2019
Dist Redhat Esm H88
The recent libssh2 update delivers critical security enhancements for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, tackling vulnerabilities related to buffer overflow concerns.
An update for libssh2 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

After installing these updated packages, all running applications using libssh2 must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Summary

The libssh2 packages provide a library that implements the SSH2 protocol.
Security Fix(es):
* libssh2: Integer overflow in transport read resulting in out of bounds write (CVE-2019-3855)
* libssh2: Integer overflow in keyboard interactive handling resulting in out of bounds write (CVE-2019-3856)
* libssh2: Integer overflow in SSH packet processing channel resulting in out of bounds write (CVE-2019-3857)
* libssh2: Integer overflow in user authenticate keyboard interactive allows out-of-bounds writes (CVE-2019-3863)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux integer overflow important update out of bounds libssh2

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3855 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3856 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3857 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3863 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source: libssh2-1.4.2-3.el6_10.1.src.rpm
i386: libssh2-1.4.2-3.el6_10.1.i686.rpm libssh2-debuginfo-1.4.2-3.el6_10.1.i686.rpm
x86_64: libssh2-1.4.2-3.el6_10.1.i686.rpm libssh2-1.4.2-3.el6_10.1.x86_64.rpm libssh2-debuginfo-1.4.2-3.el6_10.1.i686.rpm libssh2-debuginfo-1.4.2-3.el6_10.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6):
i386: libssh2-debuginfo-1.4.2-3.el6_10.1.i686.rpm libssh2-devel-1.4.2-3.el6_10.1.i686.rpm libssh2-docs-1.4.2-3.el6_10.1.i686.rpm
x86_64: libssh2-debuginfo-1.4.2-3.el6_10.1.i686.rpm libssh2-debuginfo-1.4.2-3.el6_10.1.x86_64.rpm libssh2-devel-1.4.2-3.el6_10.1.i686.rpm libssh2-devel-1.4.2-3.el6_10.1.x86_64.rpm libssh2-docs-1.4.2-3.el6_10.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6):
Source: libssh2-1.4.2-3.el6_10.1.src.rpm
x86_64: libssh2-1.4.2-3.el6_10.1.i686.rpm libssh2-1.4.2-3.el6_10.1.x86_64.rpm libssh2-debuginfo-1.4.2-3.el6_10.1.i686.rpm libssh2-debuginfo-1.4.2-3.el6_10.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6):
x86_64: libssh2-debuginfo-1.4.2-3.el6_10.1.i686.rpm libssh2-debuginfo-1.4.2-3.el6_10.1.x86_64.rpm libssh2-devel-1.4.2-3.el6_10.1.i686.rpm libssh2-devel-1.4.2-3.el6_10.1.x86_64.rpm libssh2-docs-1.4.2-3.el6_10.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):
Source:

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:1652-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1652
Issue date: 2019-07-02

Topic

An update for libssh2 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux integer overflow important update out of bounds libssh2

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1687303 - CVE-2019-3855 libssh2: Integer overflow in transport read resulting in out of bounds write

1687304 - CVE-2019-3856 libssh2: Integer overflow in keyboard interactive handling resulting in out of bounds write

1687305 - CVE-2019-3857 libssh2: Integer overflow in SSH packet processing channel resulting in out of bounds write

1687313 - CVE-2019-3863 libssh2: Integer overflow in user authenticate keyboard interactive allows out-of-bounds writes

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