Out-of-bounds write in libssh2 - CVE-2019-3863

 

Out-of-bounds write in libssh2 - CVE-2019-3863

Published: April 15, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU18254
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-3863
CWE-ID: CWE-787
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing total length of multiple keyboard interactive response messages that exceeds the value of unsigned char max characters. A remote attacker can trick the victim to connect to a malicious SSH server, trigger our of bounds write and execute arbitrary code on the system with privileges of the user, running the affected application.


Affected software

libssh2
Traffix SDC
Arch Linux
Amazon Linux AMI
FortiOS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power
Slackware Linux
Opensuse
Fedora
libssh2 (Alpine package)
libssh2 (Debian package)
libssh2
BIG-IQ Centralized Management
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
BIG-IP APM
BIG-IP FPS
BIG-IP GTM
BIG-IP ASM
BIG-IP LTM
BIG-IP AFM
BIG-IP PEM
BIG-IP Analytics
BIG-IP DNS
BIG-IP AAM
BIG-IP Link Controller
BIG-IP
BIG-IP DDHD
BIG-IP SSLO
BIG-IP Advanced WAF
Flex System Chassis Management Module (CMM)
Dell EMC Unity VSA Operating Environment (OE)
Dell EMC Unity Operating Environment (OE)
Data Computing Appliance (DCA)
Dell PowerProtect Cyber Recovery

How to mitigate CVE-2019-3863

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 - addressed in versions 1.8.1-1.fc28, 1.8.1-1.fc29, 1.8.2-1.fc30
Flex System Chassis Management Module (CMM) - update to 2pet18c-2.5.16c
Data Computing Appliance (DCA) - update to 3.5.4.0
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

External References

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