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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.884299
Category:CentOS Local Security Checks
Title:CentOS: Security Advisory for libssh2 (CESA-2023:5615)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'libssh2'; package(s) announced via the CESA-2023:5615 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'libssh2'
package(s) announced via the CESA-2023:5615 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
The libssh2 packages provide a library that implements the SSH2 protocol.

Security Fix(es):

* libssh2: use-of-uninitialized-value in _libssh2_transport_read (CVE-2020-22218)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Affected Software/OS:
'libssh2' package(s) on CentOS 7.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-22218
https://github.com/libssh2/libssh2/pull/476
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00006.html
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