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Permalink CVE-2025-5987
5.0 MEDIUM
  • CVSS version: 3.1
  • Attack vector (AV): NETWORK
  • Attack complexity (AC): HIGH
  • Privileges required (PR): LOW
  • User interaction (UI): NONE
  • Scope (S): UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality impact (C): LOW
  • Integrity impact (I): LOW
  • Availability impact (A): LOW
created 6 months, 1 week ago
Libssh: invalid return code for chacha20 poly1305 with openssl backend

A flaw was found in libssh when using the ChaCha20 cipher with the OpenSSL library. If an attacker manages to exhaust the heap space, this error is not detected and may lead to libssh using a partially initialized cipher context. This occurs because the OpenSSL error code returned aliases with the SSH_OK code, resulting in libssh not properly detecting the error returned by the OpenSSL library. This issue can lead to undefined behavior, including compromised data confidentiality and integrity or crashes.

References

Affected products

rhcos
  • *
libssh
  • *
  • <0.11.2
libssh2

Matching in nixpkgs

pkgs.libssh

SSH client library

  • nixos-unstable -

pkgs.libssh2

Client-side C library implementing the SSH2 protocol

  • nixos-unstable -

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