SB2025012080 - Denial of service in F5 BIG-IP libssh2 



SB2025012080 - Denial of service in F5 BIG-IP libssh2

Published: January 20, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2025012080
Severity
Medium
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-22218)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to usage of an uninitialized value within the _libssh2_transport_read() function in transport.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application, trigger memory corruption and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.