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CVE-2015-1782 (GCVE-0-2015-1782)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-03-13 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 04:54
VLAI
Summary
The kex_agree_methods function in libssh2 before 1.5.0 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (crash) or have other unspecified impact via crafted length values in an SSH_MSG_KEXINIT packet.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73061 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3182 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.libssh2.org/adv_20150311.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2015-03-11 00:00
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