Synopsis: Moderate: libssh2 security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Advisory ID:       SLSA-2019:2136-1
Issue Date:        2019-08-06
CVE Numbers:       CVE-2019-3861
                   CVE-2019-3858
--

The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version:
libssh2 (1.8.0).

Security Fix(es):

* libssh2: Zero-byte allocation with a specially crafted SFTP packed
leading to an out-of-bounds read (CVE-2019-3858)

* libssh2: Out-of-bounds reads with specially crafted SSH packets
(CVE-2019-3861)
--

SL7
  x86_64
    libssh2-1.8.0-3.el7.x86_64.rpm
    libssh2-1.8.0-3.el7.i686.rpm
    libssh2-devel-1.8.0-3.el7.i686.rpm
    libssh2-docs-1.8.0-3.el7.noarch.rpm
    libssh2-devel-1.8.0-3.el7.x86_64.rpm
    libssh2-debuginfo-1.8.0-3.el7.i686.rpm
    libssh2-debuginfo-1.8.0-3.el7.x86_64.rpm
  noarch
    libssh2-docs-1.8.0-3.el7.noarch.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team

SciLinux: SLSA-2019-2136-1 Moderate: libssh2 on SL7.x x86_64

libssh2: Zero-byte allocation with a specially crafted SFTP packed leading to an out-of-bounds read (CVE-2019-3858) * libssh2: Out-of-bounds reads with specially crafted SSH packet...

Summary

Moderate: libssh2 security, bug fix, and enhancement update



Security Fixes

* libssh2: Zero-byte allocation with a specially crafted SFTP packed leading to an out-of-bounds read (CVE-2019-3858)
* libssh2: Out-of-bounds reads with specially crafted SSH packets (CVE-2019-3861)
SL7 x86_64 libssh2-1.8.0-3.el7.x86_64.rpm libssh2-1.8.0-3.el7.i686.rpm libssh2-devel-1.8.0-3.el7.i686.rpm libssh2-docs-1.8.0-3.el7.noarch.rpm libssh2-devel-1.8.0-3.el7.x86_64.rpm libssh2-debuginfo-1.8.0-3.el7.i686.rpm libssh2-debuginfo-1.8.0-3.el7.x86_64.rpm noarch libssh2-docs-1.8.0-3.el7.noarch.rpm
- Scientific Linux Development Team

Severity
Advisory ID: SLSA-2019:2136-1
Issued Date: : 2019-08-06
CVE Numbers: CVE-2019-3861
CVE-2019-3858

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