Vulnerability Details CVE-2017-18594
nse_libssh2.cc in Nmap 7.70 is subject to a denial of service condition due to a double free when an SSH connection fails, as demonstrated by a leading \n character to ssh-brute.nse or ssh-auth-methods.nse.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.012
EPSS Ranking 77.8%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.5
CVSS v2 Score 5.0
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00073.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00075.html
- https://github.com/AMatchandaHaystack/Research/blob/master/Nmap%26libsshDF
- https://github.com/nmap/nmap/commit/350bbe0597d37ad67abe5fef8fba984707b4e9ad
- https://github.com/nmap/nmap/issues/1077
- https://github.com/nmap/nmap/issues/1227
- https://seclists.org/nmap-announce/2019/0
- https://seclists.org/nmap-dev/2018/q2/45
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00073.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00075.html
- https://github.com/AMatchandaHaystack/Research/blob/master/Nmap%26libsshDF
- https://github.com/nmap/nmap/commit/350bbe0597d37ad67abe5fef8fba984707b4e9ad
- https://github.com/nmap/nmap/issues/1077
- https://github.com/nmap/nmap/issues/1227
- https://seclists.org/nmap-announce/2019/0
- https://seclists.org/nmap-dev/2018/q2/45