CVE-2014-8132 Use after free in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in libssh via a crafted kexinit packet due to a double free vulnerability.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-8132?
CVE-2014-8132 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 29 Dec 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Double free vulnerability in the ssh_packet_kexinit function in kex.c in libssh 0.5.x and 0.6.x before 0.6.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted kexinit packet.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-8132?
It affects 5 products.
Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Libssh Libssh, Opensuse Opensuse.
How do I fix CVE-2014-8132?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2014-8132 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-8132 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-8132, GHSA-82h4-v777-3pj8, MGASA-2015-0014, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8132, USN-2478-1.