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libssh2: multiple integer overflows

Package(s):

libssh2

CVE #(s):

CVE-2012-4562

Created:

November 22, 2012

Updated:

November 29, 2012

Description:

From the SUSE advisory:

This update of libssh fixes multiple integer overflows. CVE-2012-4562 has been assigned to this issue.

Alerts:

SUSE	SUSE-SU-2012:1520-1	2012-11-21
openSUSE	openSUSE-SU-2012:1620-1	2012-12-07
openSUSE	openSUSE-SU-2012:1622-1	2012-12-07
Slackware	SSA:2012-341-02	2012-12-06
Mandriva	MDVSA-2013:045	2013-04-05

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libssh2: multiple integer overflows

Posted Nov 29, 2012 18:47 UTC (Thu) by bagder (subscriber, #38414) [Link]

The titel is misleading, the problem is in libssh not libssh2.

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