Description
A flaw was found in the SFTP server message decoding logic of libssh. The issue occurs due to an incorrect packet length check that allows an integer overflow when handling large payload sizes on 32-bit systems. This issue leads to failed memory allocation and causes the server process to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
libssh
Default version status: unaffected
0.11.0 to ≤ 0.11.1affected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Default version status: unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Default version status: unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Default version status: unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Default version status: unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Default version status: unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Default version status: unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Default version status: unaffected
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5449 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2369705 ↗
- https://git.libssh.org/projects/libssh.git/commit/?h=stable-0.11&id=261612179f740bc62ba363d98b3bd5e5573a811f ↗
- https://git.libssh.org/projects/libssh.git/commit/?h=stable-0.11&id=3443aec90188d6aab9282afc80a81df5ab72c4da ↗
- https://git.libssh.org/projects/libssh.git/commit/?h=stable-0.11&id=5504ff40515439a5fecbb17da7483000c4d12eb7 ↗
- https://git.libssh.org/projects/libssh.git/commit/?h=stable-0.11&id=78485f446af9b30e37eb8f177b81940710d54496 ↗
- https://git.libssh.org/projects/libssh.git/commit/?h=stable-0.11&id=f79ec51b7fd519dbc5737a7ba826e3ed093f6ceb ↗
- https://www.libssh.org/security/advisories/CVE-2025-5449.txt ↗