CVE-2015-3146
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.040 · 90 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The (1) SSH_MSG_NEWKEYS and (2) SSH_MSG_KEXDH_REPLY packet handlers in package_cb.c in libssh before 0.6.5 do not properly validate state, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a crafted SSH packet.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
weaknesses
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affected products (16)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:12:sp1
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- WID-SEC-W-2024-1054libssh: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2016-02-23csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in libssh und Ubuntu Linux ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen oder Sicherheitsmechanismen zu umgehen.
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sources
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references (24)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/161802.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158013.htmlcnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/64359cnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/64447cnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/64511cnnvd
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3488cnnvd
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2912-1cnnvd
- https://git.libssh.org/projects/libssh.git/commit/?h=libssh-0.6.5&id=94f6955fbaee6fda9385a23e505497efe21f5b4fcnnvd
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