Mageia alert MGASA-2012-0344 (libssh)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2012-0344: libssh-0.4.7-1.1.mga1 (1/core),
 libssh-0.5.2-1.1.mga2 (2/core) 
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Thu, 29 Nov 2012 22:13:54 +0100
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MGASA-2012-0344
Date: 	November 29th, 2012
Affected releases: 	1, 2


Description:
Updated libssh packages fix security vulnerabilities:

Multiple double free flaws, buffer overflow flaws, invalid free flaws,
and improper overflow checks in libssh before 0.5.3 could enable a denial
of service attack against libssh clients, or possibly arbitrary code
execution (CVE-2012-4559, CVE-2012-4560, CVE-2012-4561 and
CVE-2012-4562).


Updated Packages:
Mageia 1:
lib(64)ssh4-0.4.7-1.1.mga1
lib(64)ssh-devel-0.4.7-1.1.mga1

Mageia 2:
lib(64)ssh4-0.5.2-1.1.mga2
lib(64)ssh-devel-0.5.2-1.1.mga2


References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4559

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4560

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4561

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4562

http://www.libssh.org/2012/11/20/libssh-0-5-3-security-re...
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1640-1/

https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8188

https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-...