CVE-2012-4559

NameCVE-2012-4559
DescriptionMultiple double free vulnerabilities in the (1) agent_sign_data function in agent.c, (2) channel_request function in channels.c, (3) ssh_userauth_pubkey function in auth.c, (4) sftp_parse_attr_3 function in sftp.c, and (5) try_publickey_from_file function in keyfiles.c in libssh before 0.5.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-2577-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libssh (PTS)buster0.8.7-1+deb10u1fixed
buster (security)0.8.7-1+deb10u2fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye0.9.8-0+deb11u1fixed
bookworm, bookworm (security)0.10.6-0+deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie0.10.6-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libsshsourcesqueeze0.4.5-3+squeeze1DSA-2577-1
libsshsource(unstable)0.5.3-1

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