| Name | CVE-2012-4561 |
| Description | The (1) publickey_make_dss, (2) publickey_make_rsa, (3) signature_from_string, (4) ssh_do_sign, and (5) ssh_sign_session_id functions in keys.c in libssh before 0.5.3 free "an invalid pointer on an error path," which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-2577-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| libssh (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 0.9.8-0+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 0.10.6-0+deb12u1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 0.11.1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| libssh | source | squeeze | 0.4.5-3+squeeze1 | DSA-2577-1 | ||
| libssh | source | (unstable) | 0.5.3-1 |