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DEBIAN-CVE-2023-2283

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-2283 PUBLISHED CVSS 6.5 MEDIUM

A vulnerability was found in libssh, where the authentication check of the connecting client can be bypassed in the`pki_verify_data_signature` function in memory allocation problems. This issue may happen if there is insufficient memory or the memory usage is limited. The problem is caused by the return value `rc,` which is initialized to SSH_ERROR and later rewritten to save the return value of the function call `pki_key_check_hash_compatible.` The value of the variable is not changed between this point and the cryptographic verification. Therefore any error between them calls `goto error` returning SSH_OK.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:14libssh0, 0, 0
Debian:13libssh0, 0, 0
Debian:12libssh0, 0, 0
Debian:11libssh0.9.6-2, 0, 0.9.5-1
Debianlibssh

Timeline

  • May 26, 2023 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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