File CVE-2014-8132-Fixup-dangling-pointers-in-ssh_packet_kexinit.patch of Package libssh.2080
commit 87ae95eb3c2f35d3e8e00eca43d0711ab2737ef5
Author: Jon Simons <jon@jonsimons.org>
Date: Sat Oct 18 23:23:26 2014 -0700
CVE-2014-8132: Fixup error path in ssh_packet_kexinit()
Before this change, dangling pointers can be unintentionally left in the
respective next_crypto kex methods slots. Ensure to set all slots to
NULL in the error-out path.
Signed-off-by: Jon Simons <jon@jonsimons.org>
Reviewed-by: Andreas Schneider <asn@cryptomilk.org>
(cherry picked from commit 2ced24ddd67a261dc364ad4d8958c068c1671ae7)
Index: libssh-0.6.3/src/kex.c
===================================================================
--- libssh-0.6.3.orig/src/kex.c
+++ libssh-0.6.3/src/kex.c
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ SSH_PACKET_CALLBACK(ssh_packet_kexinit){
for (i = 0; i < KEX_METHODS_SIZE; i++) {
str = buffer_get_ssh_string(packet);
if (str == NULL) {
- break;
+ goto error;
}
if (buffer_add_ssh_string(session->in_hashbuf, str) < 0) {
@@ -350,6 +350,11 @@ SSH_PACKET_CALLBACK(ssh_packet_kexinit){
error:
ssh_string_free(str);
for (i = 0; i < SSH_KEX_METHODS; i++) {
+ if (server_kex) {
+ session->next_crypto->client_kex.methods[i] = NULL;
+ } else { /* client */
+ session->next_crypto->server_kex.methods[i] = NULL;
+ }
SAFE_FREE(strings[i]);
}