CVE-2012-6063
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 0.5.3-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 0.5.3-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 0.5.3-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 0.5.3-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 0.5.3-1 |
References
- http://git.libssh.org/projects/libssh.git/commit/?h=v0-5&id=4d8420f3282ed07fc99fc5e930c17df27ef1e9b2
- 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
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6063
CWEs
CWE-399
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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