Description
A flaw was found in libssh. A remote authenticated peer can advertise a zero maximum packet size in SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_OPEN, causing later channel writes to loop indefinitely and consume CPU, leading to denial of service.
CVSS breakdown
CVSS 3.1
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Affected products
- libssh / libssh
- RedHat / enterprise_linux8.0 – 8.0
- RedHat / enterprise_linux9.0 – 9.0
- RedHat / enterprise_linux10.0 – 10.0
- RedHat / hardened_images
References
Updated 16m ago · 8 sources