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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.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)