CVE-2023-2283
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- May 26, 2023
- Updated
- Nov 3, 2025
- Reserved
- Apr 25, 2023
Description
A vulnerability was found in libssh, where the authentication check of the connecting client can be bypassed in the`pki_verify_data_signature` function in memory allocation problems. This issue may happen if there is insufficient memory or the memory usage is limited. The problem is caused by the return value `rc,` which is initialized to SSH_ERROR and later rewritten to save the return value of the function call `pki_key_check_hash_compatible.` The value of the variable is not changed between this point and the cryptographic verification. Therefore any error between them calls `goto error` returning SSH_OK.
Scores
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Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
libsshn/a |
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References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2283
- https://www.libssh.org/security/advisories/CVE-2023-2283.txt
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2189736
- FEDORA-2023-5fa5ca2043vendor-advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172861/libssh-0.9.6-0.10.4-pki_verify_data_signature-Authorization-Bypass.html
- GLSA-202312-05vendor-advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240201-0005/
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Feb/18
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