A libssh security update has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

[RHSA-2023:3839-01] Moderate: libssh security update

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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Moderate: libssh security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:3839-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3839
Issue date: 2023-06-27
CVE Names: CVE-2023-1667 CVE-2023-2283
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1. Summary:

An update for libssh is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from
the CVE link(s) in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

3. Description:

libssh is a library which implements the SSH protocol. It can be used to
implement client and server applications.

Security Fix(es):

* libssh: NULL pointer dereference during rekeying with algorithm guessing
(CVE-2023-1667)

* libssh: authorization bypass in pki_verify_data_signature (CVE-2023-2283)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.

4. Solution:

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.

5. Bugs fixed ( https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

2182199 - CVE-2023-1667 libssh: NULL pointer dereference during rekeying with algorithm guessing
2189736 - CVE-2023-2283 libssh: authorization bypass in pki_verify_data_signature

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):

aarch64:
libssh-debuginfo-0.9.6-10.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
libssh-debugsource-0.9.6-10.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
libssh-devel-0.9.6-10.el8_8.aarch64.rpm

ppc64le:
libssh-debuginfo-0.9.6-10.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
libssh-debugsource-0.9.6-10.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
libssh-devel-0.9.6-10.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm

s390x:
libssh-debuginfo-0.9.6-10.el8_8.s390x.rpm
libssh-debugsource-0.9.6-10.el8_8.s390x.rpm
libssh-devel-0.9.6-10.el8_8.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
libssh-debuginfo-0.9.6-10.el8_8.i686.rpm
libssh-debuginfo-0.9.6-10.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
libssh-debugsource-0.9.6-10.el8_8.i686.rpm
libssh-debugsource-0.9.6-10.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
libssh-devel-0.9.6-10.el8_8.i686.rpm
libssh-devel-0.9.6-10.el8_8.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8):

Source:
libssh-0.9.6-10.el8_8.src.rpm

aarch64:
libssh-0.9.6-10.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
libssh-debuginfo-0.9.6-10.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
libssh-debugsource-0.9.6-10.el8_8.aarch64.rpm

noarch:
libssh-config-0.9.6-10.el8_8.noarch.rpm

ppc64le:
libssh-0.9.6-10.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
libssh-debuginfo-0.9.6-10.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
libssh-debugsource-0.9.6-10.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm

s390x:
libssh-0.9.6-10.el8_8.s390x.rpm
libssh-debuginfo-0.9.6-10.el8_8.s390x.rpm
libssh-debugsource-0.9.6-10.el8_8.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
libssh-0.9.6-10.el8_8.i686.rpm
libssh-0.9.6-10.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
libssh-debuginfo-0.9.6-10.el8_8.i686.rpm
libssh-debuginfo-0.9.6-10.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
libssh-debugsource-0.9.6-10.el8_8.i686.rpm
libssh-debugsource-0.9.6-10.el8_8.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/

7. References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-1667
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2283
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is [secalert@redhat.com]. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

Copyright 2023 Red Hat, Inc.

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