CVE-2012-6063

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    CVE-2012-6063

    Published: 30 Nov 2012Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Double free vulnerability in the sftp_mkdir function in sftp.c in libssh before 0.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vector than CVE-2012-4559.

    References: http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2577, http://www.libssh.org/2012/11/20/libssh-0-5-3-security-release/, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=871612, http://git.libssh.org/projects/libssh.git/commit/?h=v0-5&id=4d8420f3282ed07fc99fc5e930c17df27ef1e9b2

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High