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mageiaGentoo FoundationMGASA-2024-0002
HistoryJan 08, 2024 - 1:12 p.m.

Updated libssh2 packages fix a security vulnerability (Terrapin Attack)

2024-01-0813:12:44
Gentoo Foundation
advisories.mageia.org
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ssh transport protocol
openssh extensions
integrity checks
remote attackers
terrapin attack
security features
connection downgraded
handshake phase
sequence numbers
libssh2 packages
update
vulnerability
unix

6.1 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.962 High

EPSS

Percentile

99.5%

The SSH transport protocol with certain OpenSSH extensions, found in OpenSSH before 9.6 and other products, allows remote attackers to bypass integrity checks such that some packets are omitted (from the extension negotiation message), and a client and server may consequently end up with a connection for which some security features have been downgraded or disabled, aka a Terrapin attack. This occurs because the SSH Binary Packet Protocol (BPP), implemented by these extensions, mishandles the handshake phase and mishandles use of sequence numbers. Our libssh2 packages were also affected, this update fixes the issue.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Mageia9noarchlibssh2< 1.10.0-3.1libssh2-1.10.0-3.1.mga9