CVE-2012-6063

Description

Double free vulnerability in the sftp_mkdir function in sftp.c in libssh before 0.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vector than CVE-2012-4559.

How to fix CVE-2012-6063

To remediate CVE-2012-6063, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• Debian/libssh—upgrade to 0.5.3-1 or later

Is CVE-2012-6063 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 2.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (1)

• from 0, < 0.5.3-1

References (1)

• ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6063