Out-of-bounds read in libssh2 - CVE-2019-3860

 

Out-of-bounds read in libssh2 - CVE-2019-3860

Published: March 20, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU18026
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-3860
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition when processing SFTP packets. A remote attacker can trick the victim to connect to a malicious SSH server, trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory or crash the affected application.


Affected software

libssh2
Arch Linux
Amazon Linux AMI
FortiOS
Slackware Linux
Opensuse
Fedora
libssh2 (Alpine package)
libssh2 (Debian package)
libssh2
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
BIG-IP AFM
Dell EMC Unity VSA Operating Environment (OE)
Dell EMC Unity Operating Environment (OE)
Dell PowerProtect Cyber Recovery

How to mitigate CVE-2019-3860

Install updates from vendor's website.

libssh2 - update to 1.8.1
libssh2 (Alpine package) - update to 1.8.1-r0
libssh2 (Debian package) - update to 1.7.0-1+deb9u1
FortiOS - addressed in versions 5.6.11, 6.0.7, 6.2.1
libssh2 - update to 1.4.2-3.13
libssh2 - addressed in versions 1.8.1-1.fc28, 1.8.1-1.fc29, 1.8.2-1.fc30
Dell EMC Unity VSA Operating Environment (OE) - update to 5.0.0.0.5.116
Dell EMC Unity Operating Environment (OE) - update to 5.0.0.0.5.116
Dell PowerProtect Cyber Recovery - update to 18.1.1.2-8

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