MGASA-2021-0261

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    MGASA-2021-0261

    Published: 16 Jun 2021Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-28041

    Summary: Updated openssh packages fix a security vulnerability

    Details: ssh-agent in OpenSSH before 8.5 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 (CVE-2021-28041).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0261.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29001, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/TXST2CML2MWY3PNVUXX7FFJE3ATJMNVZ/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4762-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: openssh

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/openssh?arch=source&distro=mageia-8

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -8.4p1-2.1.mga8

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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