CVE-2012-4560

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Multiple buffer overflows in libssh before 0.5.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly

Multiple buffer overflows in libssh before 0.5.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.0661

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EPSS percentile: top 9% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

Sigma rules0 YARA rules0

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Weakness Classification

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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Affected Products & Versions

libssh<= 0.5.2

libsshall versions

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Scoring & Timeline

7.5

HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com

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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.

v2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Published to NVD30 Nov 2012 · 10:55 PM

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Vendor Advisories

suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10036-1

usnUSN-1640-1

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/093313.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/093474.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00002.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00016.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00021.html

http://www.libssh.org/2012/11/20/libssh-0-5-3-security-release/Vendor Advisory

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http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:175

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/20/3

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56604

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1640-1

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=871614

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80219

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