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SUSE: CVE-2017-18594: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2017-18594: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
08/29/2019
Created
10/01/2019
Added
09/27/2019
Modified
10/22/2021

Description

nse_libssh2.cc in Nmap 7.70 is subject to a denial of service condition due to a double free when an SSH connection fails, as demonstrated by a leading \n character to ssh-brute.nse or ssh-auth-methods.nse.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-ncat
  • suse-upgrade-ndiff
  • suse-upgrade-nmap
  • suse-upgrade-nping
  • suse-upgrade-zenmap

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