RHSA-2019:0679 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: libssh2 security update
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · March 29, 2019
Updated · October 14, 2026
Topic
An update for libssh2 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
The libssh2 packages provide a library that implements the SSH2 protocol.
Security Fix(es):
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libssh2: Integer overflow in transport read resulting in out of bounds write (CVE-2019-3855)
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libssh2: Integer overflow in keyboard interactive handling resulting in out of bounds write (CVE-2019-3856)
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libssh2: Integer overflow in SSH packet processing channel resulting in out of bounds write (CVE-2019-3857)
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libssh2: Integer overflow in user authenticate keyboard interactive allows out-of-bounds writes (CVE-2019-3863)
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.