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OpenSSH 8.2 < 8.5 Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
General
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
7.5
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
3 years ago
Modified
Modified
3 years ago
Summary
OpenSSH is prone to a memory corruption vulnerability in the ssh-agent.
Insight
Insight
ssh-agent in OpenSSH has a double free that may be relevant in a few less-common scenarios, such as unconstrained agent-socket access on a legacy operating system, or the forwarding of an agent to an attacker-controlled host.
Affected Software
Affected Software
OpenSSH versions 8.2 and later before 8.5.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Update to version 8.5 or later.