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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="202011-05">
+ <title>libssh: Denial of service</title>
+ <synopsis>A vulnerability in libssh could lead to a Denial of Service
+ condition.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">libssh</product>
+ <announced>2020-11-03</announced>
+ <revised count="1">2020-11-03</revised>
+ <bug>734624</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="net-libs/libssh" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">0.9.5</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">0.9.5</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>libssh is a multiplatform C library implementing the SSHv2 protocol on
+ client and server side.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>libssh was found to have a NULL pointer dereference in tftpserver.c if
+ the function ssh_buffer_new returns NULL.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>An attacker could cause a possible Denial of Service condition.</p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>All libssh users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-libs/libssh-0.9.5"
+ </code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16135">CVE-2020-16135</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2020-10-15T18:56:19Z">sam_c</metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2020-11-03T00:34:45Z">sam_c</metadata>
+</glsa>