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CVE-2019-3860

Published: 25 March 2019

An out of bounds read flaw was discovered in libssh2 before 1.8.1 in the way SFTP packets with empty payloads are parsed. A remote attacker who compromises a SSH server may be able to cause a Denial of Service or read data in the client memory.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that libssh2 incorrectly handled SFTP packets with empty payloads. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or obtain sensitive information.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.1

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
libssh2
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Needed

cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
disco Not vulnerable
(1.8.0-2.1)
eoan Not vulnerable
(1.8.0-2.1)
focal Not vulnerable
(1.8.0-2.1)
groovy Not vulnerable
(1.8.0-2.1)
hirsute Not vulnerable
(1.8.0-2.1)
impish Not vulnerable
(1.8.0-2.1)
jammy Not vulnerable
(1.8.0-2.1)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(1.8.0-2.1)
lunar Not vulnerable
(1.8.0-2.1)
mantic Not vulnerable
(1.8.0-2.1)
trusty
Released (1.4.3-2ubuntu0.2+esm2)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
upstream
Released (1.8.0-2.1, 1.8.1)
xenial
Released (1.5.0-2ubuntu0.1+esm1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/libssh2/libssh2/commit/f15b1e297f72882214988101ccdc5e6ad30d7e6e

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.1
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H