MGASA-2020-0171

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    MGASA-2020-0171

    Published: 15 Apr 2020Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2020-1730

    Summary: Updated libssh packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: Updated libssh packages fix security vulnerability: A malicious client or server could crash the counterpart implemented with libssh AES-CTR ciphers are used and don't get fully initialized. It will crash when it tries to cleanup the AES-CTR ciphers when closing the connection (CVE-2020-1730).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0171.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26462, https://www.libssh.org/2020/04/09/libssh-0-9-4-and-libssh-0-8-9-security-release/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libssh

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/libssh?arch=source&distro=mageia-7

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.8.9-1.mga7

    Affected versions

    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
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