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CVE-2013-0176 (GCVE-0-2013-0176)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-02-05 23:11 – Updated: 2024-08-06 14:18
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Summary
The publickey_from_privatekey function in libssh before 0.5.4, when no algorithm is matched during negotiations, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a "Client: Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange Init" packet.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://secunia.com/advisories/51982 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1707-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.libssh.org/2013/01/22/libssh-0-5-4-sec… x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2013-01-22 00:00
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