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CVE-2023-1667 (GCVE-0-2023-1667)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-05-26 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-02 05:57
VLAI
Summary
A NULL pointer dereference was found In libssh during re-keying with algorithm guessing. This issue may allow an authenticated client to cause a denial of service.
CWE
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a libssh Affected: libssh-2
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