RHSA-2024:2504LowCVSS 4.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: libssh security update

Published
April 30, 2024
Last Modified
November 6, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (2)

CVE-2023-6004 →CVE-2023-6918 →

📋 Description

CVE-2023-6004 — libssh: ProxyCommand/ProxyJump features allow injection of malicious code through hostname CVE-2023-6918 — libssh: Missing checks for return values for digests

🎯 Affected products34

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • libssh-0:0.10.4-13.el9.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • libssh-0:0.10.4-13.el9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • libssh-0:0.10.4-13.el9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • libssh-0:0.10.4-13.el9.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • libssh-0:0.10.4-13.el9.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • libssh-0:0.10.4-13.el9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • libssh-config-0:0.10.4-13.el9.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • libssh-debuginfo-0:0.10.4-13.el9.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • libssh-debuginfo-0:0.10.4-13.el9.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • libssh-debuginfo-0:0.10.4-13.el9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • libssh-debuginfo-0:0.10.4-13.el9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • libssh-debuginfo-0:0.10.4-13.el9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • libssh-debuginfo-0:0.10.4-13.el9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • libssh-debuginfo-0:0.10.4-13.el9.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • libssh-debuginfo-0:0.10.4-13.el9.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • libssh-debuginfo-0:0.10.4-13.el9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • libssh-debuginfo-0:0.10.4-13.el9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • libssh-debugsource-0:0.10.4-13.el9.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • libssh-debugsource-0:0.10.4-13.el9.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • libssh-debugsource-0:0.10.4-13.el9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • libssh-debugsource-0:0.10.4-13.el9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • libssh-debugsource-0:0.10.4-13.el9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • libssh-debugsource-0:0.10.4-13.el9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • libssh-debugsource-0:0.10.4-13.el9.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • libssh-debugsource-0:0.10.4-13.el9.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • libssh-debugsource-0:0.10.4-13.el9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • libssh-debugsource-0:0.10.4-13.el9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • libssh-devel-0:0.10.4-13.el9.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
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✅ Remediation

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing these updated packages, all running applications using libssh must be restarted for this update to take effect. Workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

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