GLSA-202608-17 : libssh2: Multiple Vulnerabilities
| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 250 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exploitarium-Detections | 28 Jun 202621:36 | – | githubexploit | |
| vuln-corpus | 27 Jun 202623:21 | – | githubexploit | |
| Exploit for Integer Overflow to Buffer Overflow in Libssh2 | 29 Jun 202612:11 | – | githubexploit | |
| exploitarium | 3 Aug 202606:29 | – | githubexploit | |
| exploitarium | 6 Aug 202601:32 | – | githubexploit | |
| exploitarium | 23 Jul 202612:30 | – | githubexploit | |
| Exploit for Integer Overflow to Buffer Overflow in Libssh2 | 2 Jul 202600:19 | – | githubexploit | |
| bak-exploitarium | 2 Jul 202602:18 | – | githubexploit | |
| exploitarium | 30 Jun 202607:55 | – | githubexploit | |
| exploitarium | 29 Jun 202610:03 | – | githubexploit |
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# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202608-17.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2021 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#
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script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/08/20");
script_cve_id(
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"CVE-2026-7598",
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script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
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script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202608-17 (libssh2: Multiple Vulnerabilities)
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libssh2. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced
below for details.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Gentoo Linux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
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script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=977961");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"All libssh2 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=net-libs/libssh2-1.11.1-r2");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L");
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script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-7598");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss3_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-55200");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-55200");
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script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2026/05/01");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/08/20");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/08/20");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:libssh2");
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script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");
exit(0);
}
include('qpkg.inc');
if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item('Host/Gentoo/release')) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Gentoo');
if (!get_kb_item('Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var flag = 0;
var packages = [
{
'name' : 'net-libs/libssh2',
'unaffected' : make_list("ge 1.11.1-r2"),
'vulnerable' : make_list("lt 1.11.1-r2")
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];
foreach var package( packages ) {
if (isnull(package['unaffected'])) package['unaffected'] = make_list();
if (isnull(package['vulnerable'])) package['vulnerable'] = make_list();
if (qpkg_check(package: package['name'] , unaffected: package['unaffected'], vulnerable: package['vulnerable'])) flag++;
}
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
extra : qpkg_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
qpkg_tests = list_uniq(qpkg_tests);
var tested = qpkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'libssh2');
}
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