Import Source
https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-32199.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/AZL-32199
Upstream
Published
2023-12-19T00:15:08Z
Modified
2026-04-01T05:10:57.039799Z
Severity
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
Summary
CVE-2023-6918 affecting package libssh for versions less than 0.10.6-1
Details

A flaw was found in the libssh implements abstract layer for message digest (MD) operations implemented by different supported crypto backends. The return values from these were not properly checked, which could cause low-memory situations failures, NULL dereferences, crashes, or usage of the uninitialized memory as an input for the KDF. In this case, non-matching keys will result in decryption/integrity failures, terminating the connection.

References

Affected packages

Azure Linux:2 / libssh

Package

Name
libssh
Purl
pkg:rpm/azure-linux/libssh

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.10.6-1

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-32199.json"