Input validation error in libssh2 - CVE-2015-1782

 

Input validation error in libssh2 - CVE-2015-1782

Published: October 20, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU82286
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1782
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

libssh2
Fedora
libssh2
SAN Volume Controller and Storwize Family

How to mitigate CVE-2015-1782

Install updates from vendor's website.

libssh2 - update to 1.5.0
libssh2 - addressed in versions 1.5.0-1.fc21, 1.5.0-1.fc22
SAN Volume Controller and Storwize Family - update to 7.6.1.1

External References

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